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  • Hisses have been heard before - but the booing was over the top.

    Heckler Wilson 'a decent guy' with lock on district, observers say 2009

  • They believe, as did Nixon, that if the enemies of Richard Nixon triumph --- the Alger Hisses and Helen Gahagen Douglases, the Herblocks and hippies, the George McGoverns and the rest --- America might end ..

    The country we made together 2008

  • Hisses rustled back from the first row, “The teacher is crying!”

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Kids and a Sense of History 2010

  • They believe, as did Nixon, that if the enemies of Richard Nixon triumph --- the Alger Hisses and Helen Gahagen Douglases, the Herblocks and hippies, the George McGoverns and the rest --- America might end ..

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • My guess is that most of them are just dumb narcissists, not outright Alger Hisses.

    Alive or Dead? Steven Barnes 2009

  • Hisses for insisting, even when the nature of the material was pointed out, that it must be delivered and for ignoring the very valid concerns of their employees.

    A Hiss and A Bravo On The Same Topic kittenpie 2006

  • Hisses for insisting, even when the nature of the material was pointed out, that it must be delivered and for ignoring the very valid concerns of their employees.

    Archive 2006-11-01 kittenpie 2006

  • The Epilogue: Hisses and boos ... skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Hisses and boos ... Frank Wilson 2006

  • One of my great heroes is Whittaker Chambers, not just because he managed to bring down some of that self-satisfied, arrogant, treacherous group of which the various Hisses were such a prominent section, but because his actions had a logic that escaped fellow travellers.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Richard 2007

  • Or not: Hisses go to pitcher Mike Timlin and sports radio big mouths John Dennis and Gerry Callahan, who according to the article would rather simply stick with unease.

    Philocrites: 'Queer Eye' for the Red Sox. 2005

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