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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knew. He once referred to Tokyo's envoys as "pissants." Japan's ambassador, Kichisaburo Nomura, 64, a one-eyed retired admiral and former Foreign Minister, was considered a moderate and so was mistrusted in Tokyo. It did not help that Hull had a speech difficulty, while Nomura was partially deaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day of Infamy | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

Independent candidate R. Elaine Noble, however, disagrees with the idea that students are deaf to non-CCA candidates' campaigns. Noble, who stresses sexual minority issues in her campaign, tabled at Harvard and MIT to register students to vote...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: The Student Factor: When Cambridge goes to the polls, how much do we matter? | 11/5/1991 | See Source »

...petition is falling upon deaf ears. Massachusetts is one of 16 states in the nation that bans marijuana for any and all purposes. And in the black-and-white world of drug enforcement policy, the federal government does not take kindly to subtle shades of gray. (Never mind that cocaine and morphine--two of the biggest targets of the War on Drugs--have been available by prescription for years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legalize Medicinal Pot | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...have its workplace governed by the laws that apply in the rest of the nation? Congress has exempted itself from most antidiscrimination statutes. As the matter stands, a congressional staff member who charges sexual harassment can complain only to Congress's ethics committees, which have been notoriously tone deaf to such complaints. (In 1989, for example, Representative Jim Bates, a California Democrat, admitted making lewd remarks and touching female members of his staff. The House ethics committee issued its mildest form of discipline, a letter of reproval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Shame on Them All | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...Harkin (D-Iowa) lies on the campaign trail about his deaf brother Frank and talks populist while owning a house in the Bahamas...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Some Revealing Secrets | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

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