But to gorge on them at this juncture is being blind to a very changed world.
So being blind they had to reach out and touch the elephant as their way of seeing the elephant.
She copes very well despite being blind, using her other senses to help her maintain a good quality of life.
In 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, died in Westport, Connecticut.
Inspired by the challenge to invent the future, Team Note-Taker entered Imagine Cup 2011, competing against 67 teams, this group found its direction when member David Hayden, an outstanding academic, struggled to achieve excellence in his degree program of mathematics as a result of his being blind.
And in pregnant women it can result in the baby being born blind or with brain damage.
As MPs debated the Local Government Finance Bill at report stage on 21 May 2012, shadow local government minister Helen Jones said the government was being "wilfully blind" to the potential problems caused by the bill's changes to the way business rates are distributed, claiming the reforms could increase the north-south divide.
Aside from being wrong, these blind men refuse to touch and define the elephant before them.
Give these men credit for being consistent if somewhat blind to the true nature of the problem.
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When the guy showed up to prison in Edgefield, SC, he noticed a blind inmate being pushed in a wheelchair by another with a cane.
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We are being assailed by the blind.
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So it is with some sense of guilt that I admit to being a closet fan of Blind Date--the raunchy comedy on the WB Network featuring men and women on a first date.
"Instead of being deaf, dumb, and blind sitting on our desks or in our pockets, our computers might be able to observe what we do all day, understand what is important to us, and act as a virtual assistant who helps us on a second-by-second basis, " said Thad Starner, Associate Professor of the Contextual Computing Group at Georgia Tech University.
Besides the enjoyment and enhanced personal freedom that comes from being able to read and write, blind persons who use braille are much more likely to be employed.
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But progress isn't pretending to be color blind, it's not being blinded by the person's color.
In other words, defense lawyers that have been advising their plan sponsor clients for decades at inflated hourly rates, amounting to millions annually, who were blind to abuses their clients are now being sued over, are good guys.
There are also areas where even economists seem to develop something of a blind spot on the point, health care being one of the more obvious such.
Watson, blind from childhood, took an understated pride in being able to support his family independently.
But, many animals with comparable intelligence are being treated with extreme cruelty, and most of us turn a blind eye.
Bus drivers in Worcester are being given a chance to understand what it is like for a blind or partially sighted person to use public transport.
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Mr Farmer, who is registered blind and has suffered two strokes, said he had thought he was being attacked by thugs when it had happened.
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With massively under-funded plans, like those at United Airlines, being terminated and dumped onto the PBGC, the PBGC cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the practices of its pension consultants.
Despite being long-established, participation levels in Britain are very low, said Mr Troy who was born blind.
The most perplexing part is why the coaches want to honor a man who resigned in disgrace after sitting on information he knew regarding a trinkets-for-tattoos scandal, and who as time passes is found to be more casual (with the school turning a blind eye) about NCAA rules than we knew, even as he stepped down in May for being so casual about NCAA rules.
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The white cane, in addition to being a practical mobility tool, serves as a symbol of dignity, freedom, and independence for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
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