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...Monday. Kennedy stopped at the White House to shower and change clothes. Before a few hundred people he spoke his words for our time: "I realize that the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war-and frequently the words of the pursuer fall on deaf ears. But we have no more urgent task...
That Congressman watches the world through trifocals. He wears a pacemaker in his chest to quicken his heartbeat when it slows. One of his heart valves is synthetic; it replaced the natural one that developed a calcium deposit. He is nearly deaf without his hearing aids. A bulbous nose dominates his rumpled face, which looks forever melancholy even when its owner is not. He is 82 years...
...appalling that the Jews, who for hundreds of years have been the victims of the worst atrocities, turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the events in the Sabra and Shatila camps. However, we are forgetting that the Christian Phalangists carried out the massacre...
Even when they can get into classrooms, disabled students frequently encounter difficulties dealing with professors and teaching fellows; while many teachers show consideration towards the needs of handicapped students, others remain insensitive. For instance, one professor refused to show a deaf students a copy of his lecture outline. One section leader told a student unable to see the blackboard that "it was not his style" to make copies of his notes available...
Disabled students face a score of additional challenges. The special shuttle van service has been highly erratic, creating difficulties for mobility-impaired students. Deaf students often have great difficulty communicating with friends, advisors, or even doctors, although the University does provide sign language interpreters for classes. Blind students often cannot find enough volunteer readers to enable them to complete reading assignments--only recently has Harvard made work-study funding available to readers. In addition, disabled students must suffer the loss of some shopping period privileges. The Registrar's office requires mobility-impaired students to submit a list of courses they...