Great operas need great leading ladies, and one of the pleasures of being a New York critic is hearing how they develop their roles over time.
An elevator repairman is dining at the market for the first time because he's heard how great it is.
We could not, so help us God, do otherwise … How many must die before our voices are heard, how many must be tortured, dislocated, starved, maddened … When, at what point, will you say no to this war?
And there was always this feeling that he himself was hearing — how do I put it?
For Hendrick, the rewards of the job are hearing how people's lives have changed.
But he has been hearing how much last year's final meant to people for nearly a year now.
"Part of my frustration when I was a teacher was hearing how 'Oh, you get out at 3 and you have summers off','" she said.
"Within minutes of going off the air, we were hearing how serious his condition was, but it was hearsay," Goldberg said.
In one room the audience were hearing how well the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) detectors at Cern are working, which is very well indeed.
But he has been hearing how much the final last year meant to people for nearly a year now, beginning on the streets of New York in the days immediately after his defeat.
Lately we've been hearing how hard it is for startups to raise early stage funding from VCs in Europe.
