41.   He already has the ear of Mavericks president Frank Zaccanelli as an unofficial consultant.

42.   He made a big hit with the career foreign service officers when he assured them that they would have his ear.

43.   He had an ear for dialogue and an eye for detail.

44.   He not only has an ear for writing, but an eye for photos.

45.   He has droopy ears, bulging eyes on stems and a humanoid torso.

46.   He has the ear of major black dance and theater companies who may help it get there, he said.

47.   He had the ear of royalty and nobility.

48.   He has an ear for adspeak and double talk, for ungainly, uptight repressions and exuberant excesses.

49.   He has an ear for the kinds of saucy banter and glib put-downs that substitute for conversation in television comedy these days.

50.   He simply told Blum that he appreciated having his ear.