Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other day, a deaf man was plying his trade on the 10 p.m. outbound train, selling miniature screwdrivers with the tags "Please support the deaf with a dollar donation" attached to them. The tag concluded with a disarmingly friendly sketch of the sign language symbol for smile and then a smiley face. The man walked haltingly up and down the train, placing a tool set on each empty seat, but each passenger pretended not to see him or unintentionally flinched as he came near. One would have thought the man contagious--and not merely deaf...
...children. Timothy McVeigh is no longer the sweet kid they want to remember... While Timothy McVeigh has had the benefit of his parents asking for his life, the victims of his crimes had no one... And even if someone had pleaded for them, Timothy McVeigh would have turned a deaf ear." In his chair, McVeigh stared back at Wilkinson. He had long ceased trying to be friendly...
...Senate said today it will reject an international treaty on global warming unless the developing world signs on as well. Appeals by a data-spouting Undersecretary of State Timothy Wirth for industrialized countries to lead the way in combatting the planet's "most important environmental challenge" fell on deaf ears as senators wondered aloud what was the point of a treaty that lets sizeable carbon dioxide-guzzlers such as China continue to pollute at will. The Administration plans to present its strategy at an international climate conference in Japan next year, but by that time, its agenda for climactic change...
Somehow, I'll manage. After years of repeatedly complaining the administration is deaf to undergraduate concern, I've accepted the fact that, as a student, I can't do much to alter the College...
...course, things go awry in the second act as previously happy couples fall in love with other people: Sir Marmaduke becomes engaged to Constance's mother, the lower-class Mrs. Partlet (Laurie Sheflin '97); Constance herself falls for the old and deaf Notary (Bill Plerholpes '00); and Alexis' own beloved Aline begins to adore Dr. Daly. Even the sorcerer himself, much to his disgust, is chased around a well by the lovestruck Lady Sangazure. Frustrated and furious, Alexis demands that Wells break the spell. Wells informs him that someone must be sacrificed to Satan, and it will be either Alexis...