Word: deafness
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...Blind, Deaf Blockhead. Fyodor has no politics (except to prefer a regime where "there is no equality and no authorities either"); he does not hanker for the Return; he does not brood on the past or hope for the future. His fellow emigres regard him as "a useless handicraftsman," a "trickster" and an "arabesquer," and he in turn regards the typical Russian emigre intellectual as "blind like Milton, deaf like Beethoven, and a blockhead to boot...
Duvalier's overture to the U.S. fell on deaf ears. The State Department recalled Ambassador Raymond L. Thurston for "consultation" on U.S. policy in Haiti. How far the U.S. would go was unclear. The question is: After Duvalier, what? The Haitians in exile are poorly organized and mostly led by men whose past records would earn them a small hello. Inside Haiti, Duvalier's strongest enemy is little better than "Papa Doc" himself. He is Clement Barbot, 49, a longtime Duvalier crony and killer, who bossed the dread Tonton Macoute goon squads until Duvalier turned...
...lost, lost, do you hear? You don't hear? I'm yowling - don't you hear me? Switch the lights off! Smash the bulbs! Can you hear me now? Louder! you say? Louder! Christ, are you making sport of me? Are you deaf, dumb, and blind? Must I yank my clothes off? Must I dance on my head...
...public service special about measles, stressing that a serious case of measles can leave children retarded, deaf and blind-and that a safe and effective vaccine is available. The measles season begins with the spring...
...Painter Morris Broderson knows more than most men about living out life alone: he has the private vision of one who was born deaf. In the past few years, his extraordinary talent has earned him recognition around his native Los Angeles; now he has been added to the prestigious stable of the Downtown Gallery, which represents such noted older artists as Ben Shahn, Abraham Rattner, Stuart Davis, William Zorach and Georgia O'Keeffe. Dealer Edith Halpert introduces her new artist with a ten-year retrospective, borrowed mostly from the collections of such varied celebrities as Joseph Hirshhorn and Actor...