Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strayed so far from any common sense view-point that I think it hardly necessary to refute his blatant and bombastic outburst in a communication of this kind,--necessarily brief. But I would like to point out that he has not only distorted what facts he has given, but has written from an essentially short-sighted and illogical point of view. He has compared the present production of American and English companies, not the future potential supply controlled by them. Then, too, he has failed to see that American ownership of a controlling interest in Imperial Oil and other British...
...seems clear that in dealing with the Red menace, government agents have occasionally allowed popular hysteria to serve as a cloak for illegal acts. In such cases the courts exist to give redress. The Americanism of Judge Anderson may not be quite as blatant or showy as other brands of the same name. But it is none the less in accordance with the best American traditions. In granting the law's protection to the accused, he has only fulfilled his duty. As a member of the American bench, he could not well have done otherwise...
...mocking, bitter fact that human nature is utterly unable to comprehend that which is distant from it, or is inevitably forgetful of that which one was reality. You will be strong, indeed if you can leave America without feeling a cold gripping of your heart and a blatant clatter ringing in your ears. I should find it very hard to read such words as yours to our public, and so it is that I write you as one who knows and feels them deeply...