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Word: listening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talk. We observe, we listen and we talk. That's all there is to it. At our first meeting, I will introduce myself fairly formally: 'I am Maryanne Sabatino, I'm a professional staff member here at the center,' and so forth. Then we'll begin. It's hard to see anything clearly for a while. You visited Tony and Ingrid for the first time this morning. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...think I'm getting a little closer to my big sister. She and my father got in an argument last night. It was 4 in the morning. I got up and went into her room. I said, 'Don't listen to him because he's stupid. He doesn't understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...sold for $12 per sq. ft. in Beverly Hills and for $4 just across the street in West Hollywood, where developers also found it easier to obtain planning and zoning approvals. "Wealthy people live in Beverly Hills, but West Hollywood is where they come to eat and drink, to listen to music, to furnish their homes," says Ashkenazy, himself a multimillionaire and Beverly Hills resident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Hollywood: Exotic Mix | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...jobs but fear that a large auto plant will change the nature of their little town. On the other hand, the Zeysing's son Herbert, 27, who looks after 65 head of cattle on one of the family's farms, smells opportunity. He has advised his parents to "listen before they say no" to speculators who express interest in buying their property. Meanwhile, Herbert is confidently launching a new business: a used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Choice | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...group with little or no influence on Soviet policy. Witness a statement by Dr. John O. Pastore, the group's secretary: "We intend to use the receipt of the Nobel Prize to do more and actually affect both sides." This sounds great; but how to get the Soviets to listen? Lown himself experiences odd swings between proclaiming an apolitical stance ("above politics from the inception...") and admitting his desire to affect national policies. On the same day that he said the group was never intended to be political, Lown declared that he was disappointed with a lack of "success...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Wallowing in the Mud | 12/10/1985 | See Source »

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