If his dream was to live in the woods, with a fireplace and a typewriter and sheaves of notes hooked on the wall, almost like a deaf-mute in his dealings with the world, that was his affair.

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China Central Television and The Beijing News say police have arrested 360 suspects in a nationwide operation to rescue 70 deaf-mute people abducted by criminal gangs to work as burglars and pickpockets.

BBC: China media: Political models

Johnny Belinda (1948), in which she gave an Oscar-winning performance, transforming herself into a deaf mute teen, is often cited as the pinnacle of her career.

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