Distracted by so many actual hostilities, the world ( the U.S. particularly) has not paid sufficient attention to this developing crisis.

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Either ask the wealthy or ask seniors to foot the bill is not credible to anyone who has paid attention to the revenue vs. spending cut debate.

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based activist group, questioned in a statement why the world had not paid the same attention to the many videos it has published showing atrocities allegedly carried out by forces loyal to al-Assad.

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Anyone who's strolled through a big box retailer's HDTV department has probably seen a variety of Panasonic plasmas, but you may not have paid too much attention to the company's own LCD TV lineup while you were there.

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That controversy has served as a nice marketing tool, especially in reaching younger gamers who may not have paid attention to the franchise until Mom and Dad complained.

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Obama likely paid so little attention to the Libyan war in his speech because it has not had the political effects it was supposed to have, and it could end up undermining the other political transitions in North Africa that it was supposed to protect.

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