Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...watched Georgetown Center Patrick Ewing [March 14] play basketball when he was in high school and was always impressed by his talent, poise and, above all, his sportsmanship. Thus it comes as a shock to read that blatant racism prevents many from recognizing Ewing's spectacular accomplishments at Georgetown. It is sad to realize that we are only marginally closer to racial tolerance than we were in the 1930s...
...State Department's 1982 Human Rights Report is a flawed and inconsistent document. In the recently released report, entitled Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1982, the Administration conveniently misrepresents or disregards blatant human rights violations in those countries deemed "friendly" to the United States, such as Guatemala. Argentina, El Salvador, Chile, the Phillipines, and South Korea, while characteristically focusing on the human rights abuses committed in the U.S.S.R. and Soviet bloc countries...
...been investigating whether these honorable people pay their income taxes. The results are dismaying. In a sample of 400 nurses, more than 90% failed to report all their income; the average nurse owes $3,500 in back taxes. Says Moskowitz: "Some of the evasion is blatant...
...characteristic of even the most blatant tax cheats to offer elaborate justifications for flouting the law; the rationalizations for selfishness are endless. "I have considered carefully the moral issues behind what I'm doing," says a Boston songwriter who will have to be known only as Daniel, "and my philosophy is, Why support a government whose practices I don't believe in? If I use a public service, I pay for it. When I buy gas, I pay the tax. When I drive my car, I pay tolls. And even when I've been below the poverty...
...blatant knock-off of the $40,000 two-seat Mercedes-Benz 380 SL that Chrysler has code-named the SL and will sell for about half the price. He is wagering an enormous amount, $700 million, that he can rekindle buyer interest in vans (see box). Chrysler claims the hybrid minivan will be as revolutionary as the Mustang...