Word: americans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Maggio (July 13, 1936). On July 7, the highly-publicized Di Maggio played with the American League in the annual All-Star game. His record: no hits in five times up; fumbled one ground ball, allowed another to go between his legs. Score: National League 4; American League...
...deter many people from quoting any figures that seem to suit their fancies. I have seen figures ranging all the way from 200,000 to your 20,000,000 which seems a new high. My own estimate would be somewhat less than a tenth of your figure. The American Society for the Hard of Hearing is certainly doing good work but nothing is gained by making out their job to be astronomical in extent...
...American School for the Deaf West Hartford, Conn...
...American Society for the Hard of Hearing estimates a total of 20,000,000 dull-eared U. S. citizens (3,000,000 school children, 15 to 17,000,000 adults), 50,000 who are "stone" deaf, i.e., those born totally deaf or who became so before learning to talk. Inhibitions caused by faulty hearing are a commonplace with psychologists. No more than TIME calls Helen Keller useless did it imply that U. S. deaf-mutes were "hopeless...
...American Airways, Buenos Aires, Argentina...