Word: deafness
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...scandal broke on April 23 when three members of the Cabinet revealed that they had, at some point, failed to make their payments. The ministers' excuses (which were a mostly believable plea that they got tripped up in the complexity of the system they helped create) fell on deaf ears. Kan, who had been among the most vocal proponents of a complete pension overhaul, dialed the outrage up another level, castigating the Cabinet members as "the three nonpayment brothers." It was great demagoguery, but as it turned out, Kan himself had not paid into the system for 10 months...
Randolph’s words did not fall on deaf ears, as the 2V extended its lead in much the same fashion as the first varsity, opening up nearly one length of separation before crossing the line with a 5.062-second victory...
...Father and God the Son and more in the hearts of believers cleaving to the message of Jesus' life--and the love most dramatically expressed in his willingness to die rather than renounce his calling. "Love answers love's appeal," Abelard wrote. With Jesus' example before it, humanity, its deaf ear reopened, could now gain salvation and reconciliation with...
...Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that some 30 million are exposed to daily noise levels that will eventually reduce their ability to hear. One in eight children between the ages of 6 and 19 already have some degree of hearing loss, and adults who are going deaf are doing so earlier and earlier. "The greatest increase [in noise-related hearing loss] occurs for people 45 to 64 years old," says Dr. James Battey, director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. "This is almost 20 years younger than we would expect...
...against the adage that a skillfully taken and meaningful picture is worth a thousand words? The aftermath of the Cultural Revolution left many Chinese utterly distrustful of their mighty Communist Party officials. Most victims would just swallow the bitter pills of injustice, recognizing that their protests would fall on deaf ears and their efforts would be futile. In fact, these petitioners had hardly any official channels through which to properly address their grievances, let alone submit formal papers. Yet some diehards kept trying, hoping against hope that one day their suffering would be relieved. If there is a hope, there...