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...Nuisances. Whatever the differences of the Big Three, says Nicolson, their peacemaking would have been easier if the major powers alone were involved. Inevitable "nuisances,and . . . eccentrics" were present at the Congress of Vienna. Prussian Delegate Prince Hardenburg was stone-deaf. Spanish Delegate Don Pedro Gomez Labrador spent his time mimicking French Delegate Talleyrand. Thirty-two minor German royalties attended-and brought their wives, mistresses and secretaries of state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How to Fight a Peace | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

Judgment. In Manhattan, Thomas Spurlock posed as a deaf-mute, handed cards to passers-by asking for help, got a nickel from one, growled: "Cheapskate," got 60 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 28, 1946 | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

...Enables deaf persons to hear perfectly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time Current Affair Test, Oct. 14, 1946 | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

Brooklyn's chief librarian had had enough. Last week Dr. Milton James Ferguson announced that henceforth Brooklyn libraries would turn deaf ears to telephoned quiz queries from radio fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Quiz Crazy | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Besides Cho-Cho-San, last week she sang the leading role of Nedda in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, an opera she had never seen. This winter she will be soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As for ambitions to sing at the Met, chronically deaf to Negro voices, Camilla Williams says simply: "All opera singers aspire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Butterfly | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

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