For people who used to frequent Brownies to hear new music, it felt a little like old times, except there was no fog of cigarette smoke engulfing the crowd and the musicians.
While easing out managers who didn't go along with her way of doing things, she set up frequent lunches to hear feedback and complaints.
(John Paul Stevens, their frequent ally, generally voted to hear more cases and let the chips fall where they may).
In Chicago, we lived close enough to the projects to hear frequent gunfire.
To hear many who frequented the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the early 1960s tell it, the trading of pork belly futures seemed to open up a whole new set of possibilities — other livestock, for instance — for the exchange.
One Confederate soldier, Samuel Hankins, recalled, "When the cannonading became more frequent, you could hear, 'Boys, we are going to get into it.' Then there would begin the searching of pockets for gambling goods, playing cards especially.
Ferry captains report the most frequent complaint they hear from riders is that the trip is too short, giving insufficient time to drink enough caffeine.
But on the Upper East Side, Mr. Browne said, the most frequent complaints heard from residents had to do with bicyclists.
"The most frequent problem we hear about is number portability," Mr. Breyault said.
"Another frequent work I hear in the market is Haydn's Symphony No. 94.... Right after lunch, or before a holiday, the markets have a tendency to meander up and down in a five-point range above and below the opening.
