Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nice word or give a boost to a man in your own profession, you'd better keep your mouth shut and not show off your ignorance in such a blatant...
...such, in a paid newspaper advertisement as blatant as any circus poster, last week spoke one Thomas J. Noonan, superintendent of the Rescue Society, holding a nightly mission in the Old Chinese Theatre on Doyers St., located amidst their haunts. "Evangelistic, enthusiastic, extraordinary," ballyhooed the ad with circus alliteration. "Drunkards, drug addicts, the homeless and friendless especially invited...
Press Agents Flayed. "The function of any publicity man is to emphasize favorable news for his clients, and to suppress unfavorable news. Such a man renders no service to the public interested in the truth. Publicity is a blatant fraud upon the public, and the publicity agent commits an outrage when he colors news to suit his client's wishes"-James Wright Brown, Publisher of Editor and Publisher...
...Pennsylvania county. William T. Tilden found that he could get stories into magazines, although even his best friends agreed that his literary proficiency was none too good. Last week on an inside sheet of the Tampa Morning Tribune, a famed baseball manager turned his valorous name to shrewd and blatant...
What good purpose, even if partially true, could such blatant and impolitic attacks serve ? While I am not wholly English, I admire the Prince. He is destined to rule a great nation whose domain covers the globe. He seeks first-hand knowledge by circumnavigating the earth. His is a severe and delicate task. and he has unquestionably shown remarkable vision and wisdom thus far. He is gracious to a fault; snobbishness he does not know or at least does not practice. The world has welcomed the Prince and no doubt will continue to do so long after Mary from Boston...