Mr. Leahy also complained that the Reagan Administration had nominated candidates who "exhibited marginal professional competence; still others have demonstrated disturbing insensitivity to individual rights and the concerns of racial minorities."

"The F.A.A. has demonstrated gross insensitivity to the issue of aircraft noise and its very damaging effects on the quality of life on the hundreds of thousands of people who live around the airports," Mr. Rothman said.

In the name of the unborn who have disabling conditions, Dr. Calderone demonstrates insensitivity about those with disabilities and the value of an individual.

Satan had just demonstrated the ignorance and insensitivity of the commoner.

"This guy, time after time and in particularly high-profile situations like Diallo and Dorismond, demonstrated egregious insensitivity to the feelings of a lot of New Yorkers," said David Paterson, a state senator from Harlem.

It's his actions as a public official that demonstrate insensitivity and hostility toward basic civil rights principles.

Most Careful in Vote Because a vote for Judge Thomas could easily be interpreted as demonstrating insensitivity or indifference to sexual harassment, few if any senators said flatly that they disbelieved Professor Hill or considered her a liar.

To the Editor: Re your March 9 editorial on the life and death of Billy Jack Gaither: His murder is just one more of the senseless tragedies that demonstrate the violence and insensitivity of our country.

He also symbolically demonstrated insensitivity to racial matters by accepting an honorary degree from Bob Jones University in 1999 and delivering the school's commencement address.

Furthermore, the countless relocations by multinationals, even when their productivity levels are high, just because they want ever larger profits, demonstrating complete insensitivity towards the thousands of people they make redundant, are proof that most large companies practise no social responsibility whatsoever.