Word: blatantly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hand, the historical experience of Jews on campus parallels those of other minority groups. Earlier this century, Jewish professors suffered from blatant discrimination when they attempted to receive tenure at universities such as Harvard. And quotas restricting Jewish admissions were prevalent only 50 years...
...inch below the lush turf of the Reagan prosperity, fault lines are already formed. While the elderly have grown more affluent, one-fifth of America's children live in poverty. While there was a legitimate need to increase defense resources, the Administration tolerated such sloth that blatant waste and scams eventually evoked an anti-Pentagon backlash. While Reagan celebrated deregulation as the key to a more creative economy, lax scrutiny of the savings and loan industry contributed to widespread failures that will cost taxpayers tens of billions. Wall Street's obsession with wasteful takeovers diverted resources away from constructive investment...
Charging that the Democrats treated Black supporters as though they were dispensable, Bell said, "As a result, [Democratic leaders] were neither morally nor tactically ready for the blatant racism in the Republican campaign...
With this blatant appeal to rally around the flag one more time before President-elect Bush takes over, Reagan launched a discussion about what he thought represented the nation's most pressing dilemma: a possible "eradication of the American memory that could result ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit." And he offered a solution: Americans ought to pay "more attention to American history and [put] a greater emphasis on civic ritual...
...band grounded in silence ("The lack of sound is as compelling as sound"), suggestion and indirection. Such stylistic focus -- or, occasionally, obstinacy -- seems as if it might be limiting a record or two from now, but the band remains untroubled. "The sounds coming at you today are so blatant, so up-front about everything, that they force an emotion on you," Michael says. "We want our music to be evocative, to pull at emotions." Anyway, Timmins and bass player Alan Anton, 29, put in a lot of time with the musical pummeling. They are entitled to take a different road...