Word: deaf
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...current troubles. Experts agree that hearing loss is most pronounced at social events. All those coffees? He never heard a word that John Huang said. Was Roger Tamraz talking about a pipeline--or Nightline? Those pleas from Harold Ickes to make fund-raising calls? He turned a deaf...
...musical attraction of "Semi-Charmed Life" is the scat section of the chorus-an easy sing-along that gives permission to even the most tone deaf amateur to join in (believe me, I know!). Along with this bebop blast, the chorus proclaims "I want something else, to get me through this...semi-charmed kind of life." Who better to identify with this mantra than the supposedly characteristic bored youth generation? Well, I have no answer for that, but I can say that a handful of suburban kids working jobs for spending money and wasting time in search of fun would...
...Calls in Congress for a NASA boycott of the Mir space station are likely to fall on deaf ears (TIME Daily...
...space be in jeopardy? Congressional hearings on the issue started Thursday, and if House Science Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner gets his way, no more American astronauts will be sent to Mir. But the congressman's call for a NASA boycott of the embattled space station will likely fall on deaf ears because Michael Foale is no longer in much danger, reports TIME science correspondent Jeff Kluger. "A month ago Sensenbrenner's argument was strong," Kluger says, "but after the repair it got a little weaker. As it stands now, nobody is going to opt for ending U.S. participation until they...
There is one positive note: Doctors who had learned to play a musical instrument were more proficient at detecting cardiac problems ? since their trained ear helped them pick up the sounds. So next time you see a doctor, ask him if he is tone-deaf. It could save a lot of trouble in the long...