Word: heard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Court yesterday also heard arguments in a Yonkers, N.Y. desegregation case centering on four city council members who voted against a judge's order to pass a legislative package designed to lure subsidized housing to the city's white neighborhoods...
...must keep your head down and be ready to change your allegiances and enthusiasms quickly -- or at least appear to. The elements are simple enough. Trust the papers only for sports. In politics, believe nothing until it is officially denied. Report your own opinions by saying things like 'I heard it on the bus,' or 'The rumor is . . .' Learn to recognize euphemisms...
...came, the looting spread. Thieves browsed through merchandise, trying on sneakers to get the right size. Stores not smashed by the storm were vandalized by hooligans. Lonnie and Elena Scribner, honeymooning on the island, watched as islanders roamed through the debris grabbing whatever they could carry. Gunfire could be heard throughout both cities...
...restaurant would be the world's largest McDonald's outlet, with 900 seats. But the Moscow Mac's development has been a long slog, in part because of logistic and bureaucratic hassles. McDonald's may prove to be a hard sell to Muscovites, most of whom have never heard of a hamburger or couldn't afford one. Even so, last week's graduates were bullish. Says Khamzat Khazbulatov, 33: "We will bring back all the skills that result in excellent profits and sales...
...French airline UTA bound from Brazzaville to Paris, left the runway after its scheduled stopover in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Twenty minutes into the flight, Captain Georges Ravenaud radioed the airport to report that all was normal. Flight 772 was never heard from again. High above the desolate Tenere desert in neighboring Niger, the plane exploded, killing all 157 passengers and its 14- member crew. Among those aboard were seven Americans, including Bonnie Pugh, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Chad, Robert Pugh...