Word: deafness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...together with sturdy strumming, straightforward rhythm-bones and innocent voices on the cusp of corruption. She can hear little else than the tinkling and moaning of a hollow synthesizer that gets so lonely it would be frightening to anyone else. Her boyfriend calls to her, "Baby!" but she is deaf to his song. She is in a strange, sad world of impressions where the eyelids beat to a psychedelic beat. No one wants her to stop...
...tent in front of the Science Center-that was the hub of the celebration-the Harvard Arts Medal was awarded Saturday evening to David A. Hayes '52. He is the founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf, a professional acting company composed of deaf and hearing actors. The medical which goes to alms who have significant contribution in the are been awarded at the festival every year since...
NATO's nonviolent attempts to redress that propaganda imbalance haven't got far. Assurances from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that they have deep affection for the Serbs are falling on deaf ears amid the noise of war. "[The NATO propaganda message] sounds utterly cynical from this end," says a tired, frustrated onetime pro-Westerner in Belgrade...
...beat up Sally Simpson, he does not run to her rescue, snarling at the attackers and tenderly holding her close. Instead, he screams childishly at everyone, and falls onto the floor alongside Sally, crying bitterly for himself beside the nearly clubbed-to-death girl. If his Tommy is blind, deaf or mute (or dumb, as Townshend's original words state), he certainly hides it well...
...addition to his work with the National Theatre of the Deaf, Hays has also won awards for his Broadway set and lighting designs...