Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sudden disappearances and weird transformations. They are constantly auditioning nuanced identities in hopes of pleasing insanely unpredictable parents. At the kitchen table now, Bly becomes his spiritual and poetic mentor, William Butler Yeats, going trancey and reciting The Lake Isle of Innisfree in a high Irish singsong, tone-deaf Yeats sliding up and down at the end of the line searching for the note...
...what to think, for example, about the new area of litigious behavior that has blossomed and might be dubbed emotional tort law? Last March Julie Rems, 26, who is deaf, competed in the early rounds of a Miss America contest in Culver City, Calif. Though she was warned that Miss America rules precluded anyone assisting her onstage, Rems nonetheless brought on an interpreter who helped her lip-read questions. Rems lost the contest and sued the pageant committee and others, charging violation of her civil rights as well as "embarrassment, humiliation and degradation." The case has not yet come...
MUSIC New troubadours sing fresh sounds that won't make you deaf...
...power lawn mowers to vacuum cleaners and dishwashers. And the din of leisure activities can be just as dangerous as the roar from the factory floor. "We have laws to protect the hearing of workers in noisy workplaces," says senior scientist William Clark of the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. "But there are no laws covering recreational noises." The most hazardous pastimes by far are hunting and target shooting -- enjoyed by nearly 13% of the population. A single crack of gunfire can hit 130 decibels or more, easily exceeding the danger level of 85 decibels...
...that companies are eager to renew their marketing efforts, though, they are taking a hard look at the tone and effectiveness of their ads. Many are concluding that the pitches that worked last year will fall on deaf ears. The white-hot decade of conspicuous consumption has cooled. Many accounts are in review because advertisers are casting a wide net in the agency business, searching for new ideas about how to reach consumers who are rejecting trendiness for practicality...