Word: means
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There have been altogether too many complaints over the consumption of liquor by minors," stated Timothy F. Leahy, Commissioner of Police, "and we really mean to clean up the whole situation...
...article on hearing (TIME, Nov. 6) was very interesting and the accompanying diagram was excellent. However, I would like to know the source of your information when you say, "the 20,000,000 U. S. citizens who are grouchy, timid or asocial because their ears are dull." If you mean that 20,000,000 people, about one in every six, in this country have sufficient hearing loss to constitute a problem in their daily affairs, the statement is absurd on the face of it. Look about you at your acquaintances. How many are bothered by a hearing loss? If there...
Your reference to "50,000 hopeless U. S. deaf-mutes" is unfortunately worded. I suppose you mean they are hopelessly deaf. But, you may be sure they are not hopeless and few are mute. The "deaf," meaning those who have been profoundly deaf from an early age, constitute the most admirable group I know of. They ask no favors, earn their own way, and probably live happier and more useful lives than most of their hearing brothers. E. B. BOATNER Superintendent...
...What do you mean by that...
Still, comparative scores mean little in a Yale-Harvard tussle, and Crimson Captain Howie Mendel last night expressed confidence in the team's ability to win the crucial game this afternoon...