Word: listening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crimson captain Charlie Flynn says that "if you let in a bad goal and listen to the crowd, you'll let in another." Flynn himself ignores hecklers to the point where they can't tell whether or not he hears them. Being ignored is the fatal weakness of the heckler...
...most viewers feared for poor Kowalski. As Streetcar's wild run began, Playwright Tennessee Williams had unwarily cozied up to Tallulah in her dressing room (see cut). After catching her first performances, he began attending a nearby bar. Groaned he into his cups and to all who would listen: "That woman is ruining my play." Later, unable even to bear reports of the nightly spectacle, Williams left town. But, ruinously or not, Tallulah kept packing them into the theater. Next destinations of her wayward Streetcar: Palm Beach, then Manhattan's City Center...
...plans and strategy for Southeast Asia. In the night sky, during the meeting, big searchlights formed a luminous cross, but the council's mood was less glowing. A note almost of supplication toward Asians and of stern self-criticism were evident. Said Yale's Dean Listen Pope: "Divided and rent asunder in its own life, the church itself speaks in broken accents and sometimes seems to add to the confusion of tongues. The nations of the world might understandably reply to the church's plea for international unity and peace: 'Physician, heal thyself.' " Nevertheless...
...Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy, said, "I must say, it sounds like rather a cute idea." Bok praised Kuiper as "the custodian of the Solar System. Whenever he says something, you'd better listen to him." Bok added, "Although Kuiper's theory makes a good deal of sense, I still consider Pluto as a genuine planet. It certainly is queer duck, though...
...unison, French Communists stood up in the National Assembly and cried, 150 voices strong: "Popular Front!" The other politicians in the divided Assembly, though they clapped their hands over their ears and refused to listen, could not entirely shut out the echoing, uncomfortable sound...