New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani knew that people were going to watch what he did far more than they were going to listen to what he said.

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He said Weisz supported the WFP and claimed more people would listen to her talk about hunger and poverty than him.

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He said he wanted authorities to focus on that - and to listen much more to what users and carers were telling them.

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It said the authority had come to listen, as a meeting attended by more than 200 people was held last month over the school's future.

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Dr George Rae, a member of the British Medical Association's GPs' committee said the overwhelming majority of doctors would like to listen to their patients concerns more, but do not have the time.

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Ministers said the results of the survey showed doctors must listen to patients and involve them more.

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The bad news is that the main beneficiary of public disillusionment is Alexis Tsipras, leader of the intransigent hard-left Syriza, who claims to "listen to the people" while rejecting the kind of unity government that more than 70% of Greeks said they wanted.

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