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Why wouldn't Ms. Jacir answer such a harmless question?
It seemed like a harmless question, but when you're the 44th President of the United States there's no such thing.
We were harmless, we assured the lady, who was still waiting, and as proof we offered up the most harmless question in our beige and cream repertoire.
Silence keeps ignorant those who don't understand from experience, it leaves them unable to predict the world of pain that might be invoked by that seemingly harmless question of asking a childless couple if they are going to have kids.
He is still naïve or arrogant enough to think that when Brian Williams asks him a seemingly harmless question about the preparations for the Games, which have certainly encountered some problems, it is an opportunity for him to demonstrate his mastery of the subject.
Have you ever thought about becoming a principal?" It might sound like a harmless question, but the issue I have is with what's implied.
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