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Strauss-Kahn in the not too distant past would have likely gotten the full benefit of the traditional official blind-eye to a rape charge against a black woman, and if arrested, would have quickly posted bail, and winged his way back to France.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Victim Bashing Runs Amok in the IMF Rape Case Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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"On the basis of our analysis, I think they were turning a blind-eye," said Bryan Liang , a California Western School of Law professor who published a 2009 report that found Google and others were profiting from online ads paid for by illegal drug sellers.
Google Was Warned on Rogue Drug Ads Thomas Catan 2011
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He must also keep his blind-eye on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanely.
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Well, Mr. Secretary, one thing you can do immediately is to demand that the Department of Agriculture stop turning a blind-eye to Salmonella contamination in our meat supply.
Laurie David: Every Mother's Nightmare: Bacteria in Recalled Ground Turkey Is Resistant to Antibiotics Laurie David 2011
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Well, Mr. Secretary, one thing you can do immediately is to demand that the Department of Agriculture stop turning a blind-eye to Salmonella contamination in our meat supply.
Laurie David: Every Mother's Nightmare: Bacteria in Recalled Ground Turkey Is Resistant to Antibiotics Laurie David 2011
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The Duvalier family, with the blind-eye financial assistance of Western countries, killed tens of thousands of Haitians, until the Haitian people overthrew them in 1986.
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This is the SAME guy who did nothing about ACORN and turned a blind-eye when State employees went snooping through "Joe the Plumbers" personal files – releasing private information to the media.
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The Duvalier family, with the blind-eye financial assistance of Western countries, killed tens of thousands of Haitians, until the Haitian people overthrew them in 1986.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Well, Mr. Secretary, one thing you can do immediately is to demand that the Department of Agriculture stop turning a blind-eye to Salmonella contamination in our meat supply.
Laurie David: Every Mother's Nightmare: Bacteria in Recalled Ground Turkey Is Resistant to Antibiotics Laurie David 2011
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Why is the government turning a blind-eye to the vast number of illegal immigrants coming into California.
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