Word: deafness
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...pork pies fit into the allowed category of pate en croute, that his sausages are really boudin blanc, and that Rose's Lime Juice is a permissible fruit extract. But the continental customs men-to whom a British delicacy is a contradiction in terms, anyway-have turned a deaf...
...death in December. It was Heschel whose persuasive efforts at the Vatican helped win Roman Catholics away from trying to convert Jews. "If there are some Protestant sects who still cling to this silly hope of proselytizing [Jews]," he said, "I would say that they are blind and deaf and dumb...
...languages. When he and Gladys Lloyd, his wife of 28 years, were divorced in 1955, the settlement forced him to sell off his $3,250,000 collection, pieces that he called his "children." But he married again and went back to work despite ill health. Bearded, gray and growing deaf, he showed the same enthusiasm as ever. Just before he died, Robinson received a special Academy Award for his "outstanding contribution to motion pictures." It was his first Oscar...
...crime-lab analyst for the San Diego sheriff's office. Not yet ordained, he has received a dispensation since he is only 33. The father of two, Ekhaml sees the diaconate as "a distinct vocation which gives me a positive goal." He has been working with the deaf in his off-hours for eight years and will continue to do so as a deacon. "The deaf are deprived of contact with God," he says. "If they go to church, they don't know what's going on. It's like watching TV with the sound turned...
...MOST IMMEDIATE barrier is her ignorance of the language, a problem which she equates with being deaf. All statements came to her through a government-provided interpreter, and even her English-speaking contacts chose to speak Chinese, perhaps out of consideration for the note-taking government observers...