Word: deafness
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...Georgia, Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, deaf to the bellowings of his diocesans, spoke out in defense of the De Priest affair: "There is no more justification for the exclusion of a black man and his wife from such a function than there is to exclude a red, yellow, brown or white one. The President and his wife do not select any of them; the constituency does. It is about time for everybody to quit seeing black only...
...dynasty, his country. By his halidom he would have a son if he had to marry and murder a half-dozen wives. Presented with the infant Elizabeth, later to be called great, he bellowed: "But Christ, this to me! To me! A daughter! I would prefer a son blind, deaf, crippled. . . . You make filth...
...crew escaping one by one with "artificial lungs" (TIME Feb. 18). The device was a success, but not for Traub. He stayed where he was until the U. S. S. Mallard on the surface pumped the submarine full of air at high pressure, bringing her up but making Traub deaf for a while...
...duplicate filed in the secret archives of the State Department) ; a large silver bowl and candlesticks presented by Lady Howard on behalf of the Diplomatic Corps, as wedding gifts for John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull; a check for $100,000 contributed to the endowment of Clarke School for the Deaf (where she used to teach); her ginger-colored chow, Tiny...
...shrill and crackling hail greeted Herbert Hoover when he and Mrs. Hoover joined Thomas Alva Edison's 82nd-birthday party at the Edison estate near Fort Myers, Fla., early last week. It was deaf Mr. Edison yelling: "Hello, fisherman...