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...consist of once being the commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association? "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," said the President. Or was it that odd moment when he promised to rebuild Mississippi Senator Trent Lott's house--a gesture that must have sounded astonishingly tone-deaf to the homeless black citizens still trapped in the postapocalyptic water world of New Orleans. "Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house--he's lost his entire house," cracked Bush, "there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch...
...over the past three months, CNOOC, the Chinese government (which owns 70% of the company), and the company's gold-plated U.S. advisers?investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, as well as high-powered Washington, D.C., law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP?all made bewildering, tone-deaf mistakes that hurt CNOOC's case. The oil company's Washington team, sources close to the deal say, consistently reassured management that the politics were manageable?even as the political climate deteriorated throughout the summer...
...have one class with all deaf students. I like being with other deaf kids because the teacher in that class knows how to sign. Having a class with kids and a teacher who know sign makes things easier to understand. Also I can communicate with the teacher using sign language. I don't have to use an interpreter. It is much easier for me to communicate using sign...
...have a lot of friends. I have both hearing friends and deaf friends. With my hearing friends, I talk. They want to learn to sign mostly to communicate with me and get to know me. With my deaf friends, it is so much easier and so much fun. We can talk about everything non-stop. I don't have to struggle to communicate with them. So I do like to have both kinds of friends...
...Next year I will go to high school. I am a little nervous about it. I will continue to go to classes with hearing kids, but I hope I can have some classes with deaf kids too. I don't know exactly what will happen in the future. I hope to go to college. Maybe I will get a scholarship. We will see, but for now I plan to keep learning and growing...