Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ever wanted to listen to your lectures without getting out of bed? If you were one of about 20 Extension School students who will participate in a new teaching system this spring, you could...
...believe that man is not aware of the degree of the danger of the arms race," says Singh. "I'm sure that once the people of the world become fully conscious of the dangers and start raising their voice, the leaders will be compelled to listen to their voices...
Long, 68, the son of the legendary populist Senator Huey Long, was elected to the Senate in 1948, one day shy of his 30th birthday. But he was not shy about anything when he arrived on the Hill. Ignoring the tradition that new Senators should listen and learn from their elders, he made his first speech * in defense of the filibuster, and he rose to speak no fewer than 469 times in his freshman year. Throughout his career, he would use the filibuster time and again in efforts to block civil rights legislation...
...looking forward to watching some of the younger, liberal Democratic turks who will snag sub-committee chairmanships start raising some muck about, let's say, Reagan's Central America quagmire. And maybe now that he doesn't chair a major committee, people won't listen when Jesse Helms talks. Is this all reason for rejoicing? Yeah. Is it cause for a complacent, more-of-the-same approach...
...homeless people dropped in and partook of the buffet. Students, musicians, and activists also joined the event, some coming to eat, others to distribute leaflets, others to listen...