Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pained expression when one of her students says "ain't," which they do with dismaying regularity. But not even Eve is often seen in the classroom. Usually she cruises the high-school corridors on the heels of Bob Rockwell, a biology instructor who is impervious to the most blatant advances from Teacher Brooks. In fact, much of Miss Brooks's humor derives from remarks made innocently by Rockwell and turned into leering double entendres by Actress Arden (e.g., "Miss Brooks, haven't you got something for me?" Miss B.: "Of course, you just haven't noticed...
With such attractions, the Institute has no trouble finding prospective members. To quote from the list of past members is blatant name-dropping: T. S. Eliot, Arnold Toynbee, Felix Frankfurter. Albert Einstein is a professor emeritus; George Kennan, recently returned to the Institute from Moscow; and the Director since 1947 has been Robert Oppenheimer, previously famed for his work in atomic energy...
...Korean War has been a success for the United Nations because "it" stopped blatant aggression," Edwin D. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, said last night...
Wiren: Serenade for Strings, Op. I I (Stockholm Radio Orchestra, conducted by Stig Westerberg; London). An appealing piece dating from 1937 by one of Sweden's standout composers. Like a good many other Scandinavian efforts. Dag Wiren's work avoids blatant modernity, but gets a fresh, airy effect by blending forthright melodic warmth with spicy dashes of dissonance...
seventeen asserted that they had "faith in the capacity of the students to decide for themselves what ideas they wished to embrace. We feel confident that if the propaganda in the gill were blatant then no one, especially the students would be duped by it," The protest was no official statement of the political science department. Only two of the signers held positions as high as associate professors. The rest were teaching fellows or research assistants. Instructor John Houbel summed it up, "We acted as individuals quiet outside the normal channels of administrative procedure...