Word: listening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Just Listen. There was nothing in all of Gaston Dominici's life to prepare him for the intricacies of the judicial procedure in which he suddenly found himself. "I don't make fun of anybody," grumbled old Gaston to the judge as the trial's snarls of conflicting evidence began to unfold, "and I don't like anyone to make fun of me." "I'll do the talking, Dominici," the chief judge shouted back at him. "You just listen!" Diverting as it was, the trial did little to shed light on Dominici's guilt...
Time to Talk. In other words, Russia could not be allowed to frustrate or delay the West's building strength. Once the Paris pact is safely ratified, the West's Big Four would be ready to listen and to talk. The parley at the summit, so long urged by Churchill, may yet come off. On his recent visit to Washington, Adenauer told Dulles and Eisenhower frankly that since Germany can be unified only by agreement with Russia, as a political necessity he must seek talks once West Germany has received its sovereignty. Somewhat reluctantly, Dulles and Eisenhower pledged...
...Republican New York Herald Tribune : THE more the Administration's explainers explain the dismissal of John Paton Davies as a "security risk" on the ground that he showed bad "judgment," principally while serving in China ten years ago, the less it satisfies many in Washington who listen to it. Mr. Davies has devoted his whole adult life to the Foreign Service. The latest security board to hear the evidence - eight previous security boards having cleared him - found Mr. Davies completely loyal, completely devoted to the United States and never imprudent with government secrets. It did find that...
...rally, which began near University Hall at 7 p.m., built up momentum by 8 p.m., when the crowd of undergraduates and their dates gathered by Widener to cheer and listen to freshman coach Bob Marguerita, who told them "the bulldog is still a pup." A small group of Yale freshman and jayvee football players shouted Eli songs, to the annoyance of the very highly partisan crowd...
Loftus knows his job well. He knows when it is time to stop pushing sophomores toward "all" honors and concentrate on saving the Eli season. As for as injuries go, the Crimson team might well listen to its coach and not the newspapers. For there is nothing Loftus and Jordan Olivar would rather meet than an overconfident Harvard...