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...Cantabrigian crowd applauded Woodward’s critiques of the White House’s management of the Iraq war. Using previously undisclosed memoranda and an unprecedented access to Bush and high-ranking members of his administration, Woodward’s book describes how White House officials turned a deaf ear toward their own advisers, who predicted post-war chaos in Iraq as early as May of 2003. “These were their guys,” he said again and again yesterday, referring to the advisers hired by the Bush administration. One of these consultants, Steve Herbits...
...TIME: Why do you think your efforts to equate the struggle for gay rights with the fight against apartheid has fallen on deaf ears among many African Anglican leaders? Tutu: I wish I knew. We seem almost to be programmed to have our identity defined by our againstness. Especially in a time of great change, people want something to hold on to. Diversity confuses you, so you are opposed...
...dedicate himself to the welfare of other students. "There are certain things I don't agree with," says Naveed. "But as a member, I will have to submit to their way. I.J.T is the only platform to put forward my proposals to the administration, because they turn a deaf ear to regular students...
...death of the blond goddess whose flaws they cherished as much as her charms, sobbed their hearts out. Strange, isn't it, how the powerful get short-circuited from their power base. Too often, people whose job it is to lead by listening have the tendency to go politically deaf in times of crisis - to proceed as if nothing had happened, to sleepwalk in a state of bland or numb denial...
...last week as he addressed a cheering audience of hundreds of thousands of supporters in southern Beirut.Nasrallah’s appearance at Hezbollah’s victory rally illustrates the importance of a continued international commitment to restoring stability to the region, a commitment that has fallen on deaf ears since the United Nations (UN) brokered ceasefire came into effect this summer. Hezbollah will continue to pose a threat to the stability of Lebanon and the security of the region as long as it maintains its arsenal (Nasrallah claimed that Hezbollah still possesses 20,000 rockets), is permitted...