Over the last couple of weeks, many prominent economists, several of which have the ear of Ben Bernanke, have come out and said that massive QE2 is a horrible idea given that we are in a liquidity trap and it could have long-term damaging inflation implications.
Pacifying the critics is indeed important, say analysts, not because their anti-Wal-Mart campaigns affect the shopping decisions of the company's core rural customers (they don't), but because these critics have the ear of liberal politicians who dominate urban legislatures.
And not just "token" positions -- positions where your face is there but you don't really have much say -- but actually positions where people have a say in what goes on, and people have the ear of the president and make some serious contributions.
That's because the people who are against, basically the large HMOs, insurers have got the ear of the congressional majority and they have a lot of political influence.
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Some South African shopkeepers say they have run out of ear plugs called Vuvu-Stops.
But the audio feature is far from perfect: Amazon's text-to-speech software mispronounces most obscure words and doesn't have much of an ear for dialogue.
He was taken to hospital with a three-inch gash to his cheek and another to his neck and had to have parts of his ear glued back on.
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If you think you are going to get the ear of the CEO if you have any concerns in a company bigger than ten people, be prepared for a long wait.
And perhaps they now have a bigger piece of the company's ear than the unions and other social critics do.
Club-goers in a Devon city have been given free ear plugs to highlight the dangers of exposure to loud music.
They will also need to have ear-marked possible sites for the school and give details of any organisation they plan to work with.
That's not the sirens' fault -- a mind-numbingly loud "whoop whoop" really doesn't have the bandwidth to reveal that kind of information to the human ear -- but now that SMS-capable phones are ubiquitous, it's time to smarten things up just a tad.
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Tattoos, piercings, and ear plugs all have their place in the non-interview appropriate hall of fame.
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Have you observed possible signs of pain in your infant or toddler, such as ear pulling, difficulty sleeping or unusual irritability?
However, the chatter and babble that I had to endure at times resulted in me keeping a pair of chain saw ear-defenders to hand - I was able to don said ear-wear when I needed to have the peace and solitude that the complexity or quantity of work demanded.
It had been usual before he was appointed for the president to have a circle of close advisers, each in an important-sounding job and each competing for his ear.
The complaints have gotten a sympathetic ear on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have just gotten a proposal by the Treasury Department for a sweeping overhaul of financial market regulation, including the merger of the SEC with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the reassignment of many of the SEC's enforcement duties to the stock exchanges and other self-regulatory agencies.
It's going to be feet up in front of a TV screen for him more than anything and then we'll have to play it by ear.
Add to this equation the children whose families don't have adequate health care and may come to school with problems such as untreated ear infections, along with a constant parade of youngsters suffering from scrapes, falls, and upset stomachs.
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