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...enough to save some of the cold-struck. In New York City, John Bohlman, 90, and his wife Rose, 86, had plenty of heating oil in their furnace. But the fuel pump broke; the couple, both deaf mutes, were unable to signal neighbors for help and froze to death. Near Pendleton, S.C., Margaret Swaney's new wood-stocked heater malfunctioned and started a fire; her three teen-age children were killed. Herbert Ahlstedt, 54, of Level Plains, Ala., was knocked unconscious by falling, ice-heavy tree limbs. Face down in the snow, he froze and died...
...cannot and will not frighten us with 'punishments and threats.' Threats will fall on deaf ears...
...19th century robber barons would be speechless. Instead of turning a deaf ear to their workers' concerns, a growing number of corporations are urging employees to get things off their chests by going directly to the boss on hot lines or through the mail. Firms have devised programs with catchy names such as Expressline, Speak Up! and Open Door that guarantee confidentiality and offer assurances of action on valid complaints...
...Eastern teams including Columbia, Hofstra, and UMass, other Crimson grapplers should fare quite well. Andy McNerney, the unsung hero of the team, has been training in the offseason, and returns with a number of awards under his belt including a first place finish at the World Game for the Deaf in Cologne, West Germany. Among the other tested wrestlers, Rick Beller looks forward to a strong season, starting with victories at Coast Guard...
Squeers' swinish daughter Fanny, a lilt-ingfemmefatale in the Crummies' troupe, a bitter near-deaf crone called Peg. By sulking or shrugging or exacting fatal revenge, she spins three sprightly variations on the theme. Nicholas' sturdiest friend and Kate's most dastardly seducer are both played by the same actor: Bob Peck has a biathlon field day exhibiting the far poles of man's temperaments. Even John Woodvine, a bleak house of malevolence as old Ralph Nickleby, gets to sing as the star of a comic opera skit...