Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last year (TIME, Aug. 18), the Shah nearly lost his crown for "debauching" along the Riviera-an experience which had apparently taught him little, for it was stated in Nice that His Majesty was deaf to the call of duty in the land of Iran...
Since the 17th Century, Science has recognized the phenomenon that enables people stone deaf to hear conversation if exceedingly loud repercussions occur at the same time. Utilizing this principle, Dr. Byron E. Eldred of Manhattan has invented an ear trumpet. His apparatus consists of a box which, attached to an electric socket, shouts into the ear a large noise, part click, part scream, part whir, not unlike that of an electric train. At a recent meeting of the New York Otological Society, Dr. Eldred presented his invention. The society was skeptical...
...found myself confronted by a disloyal resistance, an obstinate will that would not bend to any argument, because it was deaf to reason. All trace of noble sentiment seemed to have vanished from the man. I had no friend at my side. I did not know what had become of the two gentlemen who had accompanied me. I did not have even my revolver. Outside the door stood Horthy's aide-de-camps and his other satellites ready to obey his orders . . . so I said bluntly: 'You stick to your opinion, and I to mine. Now, what...
Germans awoke one fine morning to find that all the mail boxes had been painted white and red-the Polish national colors. The Danzig authorities protested, stating that Poland was permitted postal sovereignty only within the Polish postoffice. The protest fell upon deaf ears. The next night, Germans repainted the mail boxes black, white and red-the old colors of Imperial Germany. Poles, angered, demanded an apology. No apology was given; the authorities instead asked the League for a ruling...
...Deaf. A device to be held in a speaker's hand and attached to the hand of a totally deaf person, which transmits the vital vibrations in the speaker's body to the deaf person, was described. A limited success with the instrument has been achieved.-Dr. Robert H. Gault, Northwestern University...