Word: blatantness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brown) sounded off against the Jews in much the same way, all hell broke loose. Lindbergh's reputation for noble-mindedness was indelibly stained, and he carried the mark with him until his death. In contrast, the American people reacted with bland indifference to General Brown's blatant expression of bigotry. Were it not for some sections of the American press, his speech would not even have caused a ripple...
...accident," but the consistent policy of institutions that see men and women as machines, and profits as too precious to trade, even when it's not the workers' happiness but their survival that's on the market. Sociological constructs of "alienation" and "job stimulation" mean little next to blatant threats of injury, sickness and death. Scott's book is less about "industrial hygiene" than it is about industrial murder. Massacre, she calls it. Slaughter. Carnage...
...fascination with the superficial-- which are usually well-engineered and gripping, grow repetitive and dull. "Love in the Night" like several other stories in this collection, ends with a saccharine postscript amounting to "they married and lived happily ever after." "The Dance" which involves a jealous murder, is so blatant that it reads like a cruddy mystery. Where plot and dialogue run thinnest, Fitzgerald seems to dwell on elaborate descriptions of resorts, bars, and clothes, reducing stories like "The Hotel Child" to lists of Europe's lush spots. Even the rich can be handled adroitly; in these stories they...
...blatant moments in the film, which is otherwise scrupulously shaded and controlled. Most impressively, Director Louis Malle (Phantom India) does not soften or sentimentalize Lucien, neither judges nor justifies him. Malle's voice is hard and even, his attitude toward his young protagonist understanding, yet cautionary. In Lucien's story, Malle has found a perfect metaphor, direct without being strident, subtle and urgent at the same time. As with Lucien, the foundation for national tragedy is laid quietly, and is built upon with a terrible ease...
...best, the Indiana Republicans consider Ford's action a blatant disregard of the party's need for good election returns this fall. At worst, it could mean the end of political aspirations for up-and-coming Richard G. Lugar...