Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...term congressional elections can be pretty dull affairs when there is no presidential contest to whip up enthusiasm for platforms to accentuate party differences. The coming elections in November promise no deviation from this tradition. Despite some introductory fanfares and blatant hog-calling at state conventions, indications are that both major political parties are resolved in giving the public a rather murky presentation of the basic issues at stake...
...When blatant, sport-shirted President Bill Jack and quiet Vice President Ralph Heintz picked up the pieces, they found that Jahco's prime remaining asset was its ballyhooed name. What to do? Announcement No. 1 gave the first step: Jahco had "merged" with "Precision Products Corp." to form Jack & Heintz Precision Industries, Inc. Bill Jack, keeping a straight face behind the impressive whiskers of the new company's board chairmanship, labeled this "the first step in a postwar expansion program...
Among his other political assets, Chep Morrison has a pretty 24-year-old wife, a handsome baby son. Although elected as a reform candidate by voters tired of the blatant inefficiency of the Maestri machine, he is not a reformer. ("New Orleans is no town for a Sunday blue law.") His chief ambition as mayor: to help New Orleans outstrip Miami as "the gateway to Latin America...
...Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 58, Britain's pious, blatant top field commander...
...Zealand: "There has been nothing blatant about United States publicity. It has been directed almost exclusively along cultural lines, with the objective of explaining the American way of life and promoting better understanding...