51. I could have turned a blind eye, but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal. 52. American officials retort that Europe is turning a blind eye to official brutality in the name of pragmatic politics. 53. And critics charge that oil undervaluation is a longstanding and well-publicized problem which states have been fighting for years while the federal government has turned a blind eye. 54. And in practice police in British Columbia are turning a blind eye to possession of small quantities of marijuana. 55. And for the first two weeks of the clashes, they maintain, the security forces turned a blind eye to the killings. 56. And it has turned a blind eye toward some particularly heinous activities perpetrated by some pretty butcherous regimes during the past few decades. 57. And Russian regulators and Western investors say Khodorkovsky is, at a minimum, turning a blind eye to misconduct within his own business empire. 58. And what about the blind eye the US turned to a Germany where Jews already had lost most of their rights? 59. And the United States turned a blind eye to those smuggling operations. 60. And, they say, in trying to nudge Assad toward peace with Israel, U.S. policymakers have turned a blind eye to Syrian human rights abuses. |