Word: listening
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...public speaking has been wholly supplanted by the newspapers. It is indeed true that at present the press, especially since it is entirely independent. and to a great extent a substitute for the old time orator and political mountebank, does exert a tremendous influence. Yet the public will always listen to a sincere address, no matter how disliked the speaker may be. conviction of opinion secured Bryan a large following, despite the flaws of his political platform; and sincerity obtained for Roosevelt immediate popularity, notwithstanding the bitter opposition of the Democratic newspapers...
...prime minister is her only suitor at present, but the number is soon increased by the arrival of John de Breeze, a young American, and Lord Chichester, with his valet, Mackintosh. Chichester wants to buy the island for a tea plantation, but the king will not listen to him because he cannot pay cash. The other arrival, de Breeze, is the agent for an American trust which proposes to annex every country to its neighbor. He wants the king to come into the monopoly. King Philippine, however, has other aims. He thinks de Breeze would make a most suitable king...
...convention delegates from colleges all over the United States and Canada will be present to discuss foreign missions, and listen to addresses by men who have had experience in the mission field. The number of delegates will be limited...
This house is finished and you all are welcome to its halls. Of its origin and history you have known something, and now will you listen to a few facts about it, and to a few thoughts concerning it, which have come to me during the past summer...
Today we shall withdraw from all association with the CRIMSON. In the future, while the CRIMSON continues to prattle in its narrow conceited way to the few amused undergraduates who listen to its editorials, we shall try, with our previous fairness and impartiality, to give the undergraduates, the thousands of graduates, who never have a thought of the little college paper, and to the readers of Boston newspapers, the facts about life and events at Harvard University. We shall always give the captains and managers of teams, as well as those directing the other University activities and interests, every assistance...