"I would call that a
deafening silence from the U.S.
Religious Right groups file briefs to defend Colson prison program
After a
deafening silence, a voice from the rear of the church yelled out, "His brother was worse!"
Faint praise?
Capturing astonishing oral histories that were handed down through generations of storytellers--like an 1856 incident involving the kidnapping of famous drummers and traders by Europeans and Americans--Bailey breaks the
deafening silence around slavery and explores the delicate and fragmented nature of historical memory in this rare, unprecedented book.
African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and Shame
Why were the revelations that should have set off alarms and started a media frenzy instead greeted with
deafening silence? The Clinton administration and its allies in the Establishment press quickly branded any who challenged the official "McVeigh and Nichols only" scenario as "anti-government fanatics" and "conspiracy wackos" who were trying to exculpate McVeigh.
OKC bombing: exposing a coverup: The New American has played a lead role in the ongoing efforts by independent investigators to get to the truth about the Oklahoma City bombing
Oxymoron means a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in
deafening silence. Most of us are already familiar with standards jumbo shrimp and military intelligence.
Words every word lover should know--and more
The initial announcement was followed by a
deafening silence from Tass and Baikonur, the Soviet space base in Kazakhstan: For three days there were no updates about Luna 15.
Men on the moon: a view from Moscow: in July 1969, the United States was poised to make history in space. But the Soviet Union had one last Cold War trick up its sleeve
A
deafening silence surrounds far worse human rights violations by numerous Third World regimes.
Hating Jews: when do anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism overlap?
We were surprised in reading "How the church can guide your marriage" (June) by Lynda McDonnell, at the
deafening silence regarding Natural Family Planning (NFP).
Silent on NFP. (Letters)
Scruffy heartland band (Wilco) makes its best record (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) amid internal strife and shakeouts (two members fired); submits master tapes to its record label (Reprise, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner); receives
deafening silence (two weeks without any response), followed by demands for changes (due to "lack of commercial potential").
Record fable. (Music)
Everyone, for example, has noted Brown's
deafening silence as Blair weathers a variety of sleaze and fundraising scandals.
Blair's money problem: the euro felled the Tories. Is Labour next?
Someone, somewhere should have done their best Winston Churchill and told the world, "This will not stand!" Instead, all we heard was
deafening silence.
Conspiracy Theory: "The power of &. . . Buick: It's all good Chevy: We'll be there" What does this mean? And what sense did it make to declare every nameplate was a brand of its own? (Duddler)
"The IOM revealed a
deafening silence, where few errors get reported and few patients are aware of the risks they run in seeking care," said Sen.
MEDICAL ERRORS REPORTING
Except for an occasional reference, there is a
deafening silence on the role of women in the church.
A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History
Even more disconcerting is the
deafening silence of our past leaders or those who aspire or aspired to be our leaders.
Silence of the lambs the new normal?
She said they had met "at times
deafening silence" from the Health Secretary.
Junior docs will walk out for five days