But the nations of the world, he said, turned a deaf ear and a blind eye.
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In the past, some felt that executives were turning a deaf ear and a loud mouth to employees and shareholders.
The Democrats should turn a deaf ear to his pleas for mercy on his record as a businessman and tax shelterer.
Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures, resulting in a work stoppage by quality control inspectors.
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When it comes to diagnosing illness, doctors may turn a deaf ear to some of the most critical information: what the patient has to say.
But then in 2006 it restarted its centrifuge programme, ended compliance with the additional protocol and turned a deaf ear to the IAEA's questions about weaponisation.
It would help if, for now, he turns a deaf ear to pious constituents' demands to relax bans on the headscarf and to ease university entrance for graduates of Islamic clerical training schools.
And Benitez's preparation for the Anfield clash included suspending Albert Riera after the Spaniard, desperate to play in the World Cup, accused his boss of having something "personal" against him and "turning a deaf ear" to players.
So persuasive is cloud computing that companies have been known to plunge into it with gusto while turning a deaf ear to warnings from information security officers, who see gaping holes in the corporate data security fabric where business managers see agility and economic benefit.
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Businesses complain that the administration has consistently demonized them with its rhetoric, turned a deaf ear to its pleas for tax changes that foster U.S. competitiveness, created a monster in the new consumer-protection agency for the financial system, and hobbled them with draconian health and environmental mandates.
In a show of support, the Presidents of Chile, Mexico, Canada and Peru wrote to House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress appealing for passage of the Colombia FTA, in the name of regional stability, but so far their request has been met with a deaf ear.
The Afghan interpreter suffered shrapnel wounds to the head, neck, arms and chest and was deaf in one ear for over a year.
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She will also receive a cochlear implant to restore hearing to her left ear, in which she is currently deaf.
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