Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...numbers work against women scholars in more ways than one. Many women specialize in non-traditional fields or take feminist approaches to their research. The fact that men often judge their work leads to subtle or blatant biases blocking the route to tenure; this is exacerbated by the dearth of available female senior faculty able to review their record. Says Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Alice A. Jardine, "Junior women faculty are not only discriminated against because they're women, but also because senior male faculty don't agree with their work...
There are limits. Blatant partisanship can lead to a written warning or suspension. But as long as judges assess competitors from their own countries, using their own perspectives, a completely fair judge will be as difficult to find as a 6.0 skater. Or an unbiased spectator...
...Blatant Disregard for Rules...
...Cambridge police, the more students who follow Feldman's example and stop riding, the better. Cambridge policemen blame a large part of the city's traffic problems on the bikers. The bicyclists' blatant disregard for the laws of the road, they say, adds unnecessary problems to the already congested Harvard Square...
...other candidates immediately blasted Gephardt for blatant opportunism. In New Hampshire, Paul Simon put on tough radio ads outlining issue after issue in which "Congressman Gephardt" said one thing while "Candidate Gephardt" said another. Michael Dukakis accused Gephardt of being "protectionist" and having 19th century ideas about trade. Even several of Gephardt's former staffers described his new persona as contrived. Don Foley, who quit as his press secretary three months ago, told friends, "Some days he doesn't even know...