Word: deafness
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However, Dajani, a Palestinian who said she has traveled extensively in the Middle East, responded pessimistically to questions about the possibility of avoiding war. She called U.S.-Iraqi talks "a discussion of the deaf," with neither side understanding the position of the other...
...empty, dissatisfied feel to the book. We are in the middle of a decayed, small world in which a housewife dances alone in an empty living room, and an aging, cancer-ridden football coach stands on a bench in the rain and pleads for support to a vacant, deaf street...
...would like to say that higher education serves to open the minds of its students but I can't. As long as the voices of Black women writers like Morrison, Walker and Hurston fall on deaf ears, the minds of many will remain closed and unapproachable...
...freaks? This season's inert, slowly paced premiere (directed with an uncharacteristic lack of flair by creator David Lynch) almost sank the ship before it left port. But things have picked up since then. Among the high points: Lynch himself in a hilarious cameo as Agent Cooper's half-deaf boss; Nadine, Big Ed's one-eyed wife, emerging from a coma with the mind of a 16- year-old and the strength of an ox; and one very spooky giant. Cut the hype, lower the expectations: Twin Peaks is not the second coming. But it is a damn fine...
Once, sitting next to a nun, I opened my notebook and three unwrapped condoms fell into my lap. There is no doubt that my "roommates love to play these wacky practical jokes" story, though true, fell on deaf ears. She spent the next 45 minutes in the rest room...