Knowing of Hitchens's legendary appetite for conversation, I had fantasized about talking (or, more accurately, listening) late into the night, but the party had broken up around midnight, with Hitchens, coffee mug in hand, wandering off into the fug.
But one woman with links to the Caribbean island nation of Dominica has been watching (or more accurately, listening) to Dimbleby even closer than others – just hoping he will get the country's name right.
In a recent episode, it sent Cindy Crawford to New England and then to several places in Europe to research her forebears (or, more accurately, to listen to an expert who had researched them for her), giving root-digging a telegenic boost.
More recent studies have shown that surgeons perform math calculations faster and more accurately when they listen to music they like.
While the exercise is taking time on the front end, Norm tells me that people are appreciating that failing to listen accurately is at the root of most of their problems.
He found that, of the three scenarios, surgeons performed quickest and most accurately when they listened to Mozart.
Listen to instructions and accurately repeat them back?
We listen to Obama saying, accurately though defensively, that he had ordered a review of the NSA metadata program before Snowden's leaks.
Do some research and find a quality professional who's willing to listen to your ideas and accurately assess your needs.
"They don't close you down for a death all the time, OK?" Teens officials declined to listen to the tape and verify that it accurately reflected the meeting.
