Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...participated in Harvard Model U.N., Mozart Society Orchestra and the Committee on Deaf Awareness...
...hair they shed, and how unlikely it would be for anyone who is not a nationally ranked marathoner to provide them with enough exercise, and how difficult it is for even a skilled veterinarian to tell whether a puppy is unable to hear (one Dalmatian in four is born deaf) or is simply uninterested in hearing anything that sounds at all like a command. At the end of this prolonged put-down, the interviewer pointed out that despite everything, the authority did have a Dalmatian, or perhaps even more than one Dalmatian, herself...
...water to all U.S. citizens; 4) give better benefits to U.S. veterans; and 5) increase Mississippi teachers' salaries. The former textile-plant worker has also pledged to donate $1,000 a month of his congressional pay to the Mississippi Baptist Children's Home and schools for the state's deaf and blind children...
...were rejecting the old labels and divisions of the past in ways that many in the media and politics were slow to pick up on. This is precisely why Clinton's lead was never seriously challenged throughout the fall campaign, and why salvo after salvo from Dole fell on deaf ears...
...Dole, who talks endlessly about leadership, could have urged his Republican colleagues to think beyond the N.R.A.'s financial clout and act in the public interest. Instead, he made the eccentric proposal to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, a suggestion best described as tone-deaf, since it came only hours after the Olympics bombing. "The Senator's view," explained a campaign spokesman, "is that he should address the problem of terrorism in an appropriate forum." Like what? "Like his meeting with President Mubarak." So what happened then? After seeing the Egyptian leader last Thursday, Dole said, "We discussed...