Word: ear
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...Israel's deaf ear to Sarkozy's plea has raised the diplomatic stakes involved. Although the French President's trip to Egypt, Syria and Lebanon had been set long ago, stops in Ramallah and Jerusalem have been added to discuss "possible paths to peace" with various leaders. Elysée officials say Sarkozy won't be advancing any plans for resolving longer-term conflicts but rather seeking to use his influence and rare good relations with major players in the area to get the fighting to stop. "For now, all other questions are secondary to the issue of restoring peace...
...Bush's face. Among the hideous 9/11 images better erased from the memory is the one when Dubya is first told. He is sitting in a little straight chair surrounded by children at the school he is visiting. An aide comes over and whispers the foul facts in his ear. His face registers bafflement, incomprehension, terror, helplessness. Klein has it "forlorn." Yes. In an instant the most powerful man in the world sitting in a little chair has learned the world will never be the same again because there are people in it willing to do what they had just...
...other big plus: Duncan will be sure to have the President-elect's ear. They are personal friends and often play basketball together, most recently on Election Day. Like Obama, Duncan is Harvard-educated, and his Chicago roots run deep. The schools chief grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood, where the Obamas have lived for several years. He went to the same private school the President-elect's daughters attended until recently. After Harvard, where he was co-captain of the basketball team, Duncan spent a year playing the sport in Australia before returning to his hometown...
...licked his lips and whispered very softly into Felicity’s ear. Not an endearment, this time, but something else...
...Frederick tickled her seductively with a piece of straw. Felicity was standing on a chair as the stallion unwillingly slurped a mixture of honey and oats off her stomach. The Stable Boy was on the chair behind her, stroking Felicity with practiced fingers as he murmured in her ear...