Word: deafness
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Reactionary rhetoric either falls on deaf ears, prompts a similar reponse from the other extreme, or incites violence. Such exchanges do nothing to enrich political debate nor further anyone's political ends...
...stoically trudged off to the University of Michigan, a college that seemed majestically impervious to the damaged goods it was receiving. Michigan more than fulfilled its part of the bargain; the lingering gaps in my education (the inability to commune with head waiters in flawless French, tone-deaf ignorance of classical music, and scientific training that stopped with Mr. Wizard) are entirely my own fault. At 43 I can safely conclude that the lack of an Ivy League imprimatur has neither marred my career nor deprived me of any social entree that I would have enjoyed...
...Chapel was compassionate enough to make adifference in my life," Williams said. "She tookme to the Michigan School for the Deaf and Dumb.Because of Mrs. Chapel, I was able to staycompetitive with the other kids...
...fact that the preservation and care of the land, air and water may rise and dominate all other issues. It links hearts and minds across continents, obliterates old barriers that kept people apart, banishes ideology. Eighty- seven-year-old Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina turned a deaf ear for years, but now he has listed the improvement of the environment as one of his top goals before he is called up yonder. The environmental political flood is about to break over...
...Medical Association estimates that more than 9 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job. In some professions -- notably mining, shipbuilding, food processing and printing -- it is not unusual for young workers to begin employment with perfect hearing and end up, 25 years later, nearly deaf...