Word: deafness
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...reminded them of the circumstances of our matriculation here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common interest in intellectual advancement to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Renunciation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of academia, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends...
...time or another in our careers, had to deal with them--their tempers, egos or general cluelessness. Corporate America has long promoted bosses who are just plain jerks. For all their impressive intellects, resumes and business savvy, these Type A personalities often come across as tone-deaf, oblivious to the frustration and resentment of their employees...
...disintegration of the international mechanism for prohibiting strategic defense that has continued for almost 30 years... Only three months after the occurrence of the September 11 incident when the international community is helping the United States in winning the Afghanistan War, the United States once again turns a deaf ear to the just voice of the international community, this cannot but once again generate a deep impression on the people about the US international behavior which is 'full of hegemonic...
...International Association of Chiefs of Police has written two letters asking Ashcroft to release the records to the FBI, but the attorney general has turned a deaf ear to their pleas and to those of senior FBI officials. For a man who has been so dismissive of fundamental liberties and of the right to privacy in all other walks of life, Ashcroft seems determined to protect the privacy of gun owners—even if they’re members of al-Qaeda. In the words he used before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ashcroft’s decision...
...powerful that it seemed to overwhelm our senses. Since Sept. 11, a quieter tragedy has taken place: a quarter of a million people have died of AIDS. As we spend tens of billions of dollars to address terrorism and the aftermath of the attacks, let us not be deaf to the oft-ignored pleas of two generations of Africans—and increasing numbers of youth in Asia and worldwide—who face wholesale destruction from AIDS. Fully half of South Africa’s teenagers are projected to die of AIDS before reaching the age of 35. Congress...