Sentences with phrase «many deaf»

McGahn subsequently called then - Deputy Acting Attorney General Dana Boente last April and asked him to convince Comey to exonerate Trump, but the request fell on deaf ears, according to The Post.

If the concept of multimillionaires sermonizing about how to eat healthfully or how to purchase music has inspired seething backlash on the part of consumers, it hasn't stopped tone - deaf stars from hurling their hats into the entrepreneurial ring.

Several quickly resigned but the only one who, pardon the expression, went down after extensive coverage (and his own resistance) that I can recall was Larry Craig — whose public washroom behavior (and tone - deaf defense thereof) was pretty hard to ignore.

His approach ensures that you have a message that doesn't fall on deaf ears, accelerates buying decisions, and helps you and your clients focus on value vs. price.

So, you'll have to learn to turn a deaf ear to the complaints about how the new guy or girl doesn't «get it»; doesn't know every single thing on day one; isn't fitting into the system or the culture, etc..

Likewise, email blasts which are heavy on text may fall on deaf ears with mobile audiences, who simply don't have the time or patience to scroll endlessly when they are on the go.

While perhaps factually correct, the statement is completely tone deaf regarding the crisis — and, make no mistake, this is a public relations crisis — because it ignores the customer.

Attempts to get Tim Hortons to better explain Schroeder's sudden and unexpected exit have fallen on deaf ears.

But the tinnitus — ringing in my ears that started years ago because I attended a lot of punk rock gigs in my youth — has gotten worse, making me feel more deaf.

More pejoratively: The term «tech bro» also refers to a tech company employee who acts entitled, lacks self - awareness and is tone deaf about sensitive issues such as the realities of urban poverty.

Don't bother trying to correct this person, as your viewpoint is likely to fall on deaf ears.

«Tone - deaf and self - aggrandizing aspects of Race Together haven't helped in establishing a strong base for employees to build on,» our own Kate Taylor wrote.

«They were screaming about this as loud as they could, but everyone turned a deaf ear.

The good news: I am not going deaf!

That plea fell on deaf ears, and several weeks after.

I was going deaf now — not in six weeks!

If this sounds familiar, then your pitch is landing on deaf ears.

Your heart is deaf to the rejection, though, and you keep knocking on doors and opening your suitcase and making your pitch.

Inspired by Braille and Tadoma, a method of communication for the blind and and deaf, researchers were able to teach participants to feel four of the sounds that form the building blocks of language within three minutes.

Racist at worst and tone deaf at best, Dove's looping Facebook ad showed a black woman taking off her brown shirt to become a white woman in a white shirt, reckoning back to racist old soap ads that fed the idea that black was dirty and could be cleaned into white.

The CMO role is currently filled by Balsillie, an occasionally tone - deaf communicator.

Cochlear implants help people who are deaf.

But their actions have landed on near - deaf ears in the Nabors» boardroom.

While the show has successfully taken on a number of issues important to the left in recent years, such as help for Puerto Rico following the devastating hurricane last year and warning against the prospect of a President Trump, the tactics used to respond to the Apu controversy largely came across as tone deaf.

Brands seem to be spending a lot of money on messaging that falls on deaf ears.

Humor is tone deaf in court.

We explain the fact that because social customer management is a strategic stance rather than something that comes out of a box like brand - name CRM software, it has often fallen on deaf ears.

Her first American teacher thought she was deaf, but by age 7 she was the family's main translator, involved in discussions with accountants, lawyers, and property managers.

Words such as «hopefully» and «soon» fall on deaf ears.

«It's in poor taste, and it's really tone deaf to the experiences of others,» Munn told THR.

For example, listicles tend to drive a lot of engagement, but if that's the only content format that you're producing, eventually your audience may grow tired of it and your efforts might fall on deaf ears.

If, for example, you go after all buyers who share certain target demographics (like, say, age, gender and geographic location), there's a good chance your ads will fall on deaf ears in some cases.

Duke won praise from critics for her work as the deaf - blind - mute woman.

In the most recent issue, on health, one designer used illustrations and captions to capture the discombobulating experience of being deaf in one ear.

«But we also need it to be authentic, to have deaf actors who are playing deaf characters.»

But a funny thing happened as the company took on projects (research on the deaf as well as on drug use and AIDS) further and further afield from its initial market.

On its own, no doubt, that becomes pretty tone - deaf.

Perfect pitch to tone deaf.

One of the show's producers, Nyle DiMarco, is also deaf and an activist.

The ad — entitled «Brewed the Hard Way» — seemingly mocked not only craft beer, but also the people who enjoy it, a move that proved to be both tone deaf and embarrassing for the company.

When said individual racks up compensation in the multiple tens of millions of dollars from an industry that was bailed out by taxpayer funds and then complains about changes in regulatory oversight, you know that individual is tone deaf.

You can only browbeat a person so many times with the same message before it falls on deaf ears.

All the instruction in the world won't help if it falls on deaf ears.

A deaf man has accused a nudist park in upstate New York of violating federal law by refusing to provide him with a sign - language interpreter at an annual festival.

It was another tone - deaf marketing blunder from a company trying to sell its tech gadgets to women.

The government's attempt to boost bank lending to businesses is falling on deaf ears.

The ad, which showcased Kendall Jenner alongside a number of diverse faces, was completely tone deaf, as it made light of many complex issues.

The integration of biological systems with microprocessors is already happening with the deaf and visually impaired.

But Melnichuk, who did door - to - door sales as a kid, is the one who taught the partners to be deaf to «no.»

You'll be tuned - in, rather than tone - deaf.