Word: listens
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...depressed," says Shervington, who is dedicated to Afghanistan and believes NATO can succeed, although not as quickly as he'd like. "What can you do? The easy thing would be to listen to the Taliban, and not go to Kajaki Olya anymore. The villagers are caught between us and the Taliban." He spreads his hands apart and smacks them together. "But we can't not go in. And we can't fight the Taliban, either. So we are caught...
...collaboration with the Han and Tibetan peoples.” An upsurge of violence between protestors and Chinese government troops flared up in March of this year surrounding the status of Tibet’s self-declared government-in-exile. “Ultimately we are here today to listen to different perspectives on this situation,” Holcombe added. Panel member Tenzin Dickyi ’08, a Tibetan born in India, recounted her two-and-a-half-month stay in Tibet three years ago to illustrate the fear that inhibits Chinese civilians and Tibetans from speaking freely...
...calling on Americans to set aside their political differences and fight climate change. "You ended up in this space where liberals yelled the word 'environmentalism,' and conservatives always stood on the sidelines saying, 'No,'" says Gingrich. "My view is we ought to be in the middle of this debate." (Listen to Gingrich talk about conservative environmentalism on this week's Greencast...
...Before my friendship with Brighton begun here, my knowledge of Africa was very limited. He has taken much of his time to educate me, and any one who will listen,” DeNunzio said. “I am very confident that he will be a force for good in Zimbabwe and throughout the continent, and one that we will be hearing and reading about in years to come...
...current post helped Senior Vice Provost Evelynn M. Hammonds design and analyze a University-wide faculty survey focused on gender and ethnicity—pledged to be a voice for professors. “The most important thing for me to do when I get there is to really listen to the Faculty and to understand what their needs are,” she said. “I want to be of assistance to them in planning Faculty appointments and searches. It’s very important that those things are led by the Faculty, and I just want...