Word: blatantness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Most Blatant Promotion Gimmick: Warner Brothers proudly announced that The Exorcist had brought two people together. Spinster Doris Davey fainted when she first saw the movie at a Chicago cinema eleven weeks ago, falling into the arms of Theater Manager Larry Watts. The couple were married last week. Still under the spell of The Exorcist, the bride wore the same suit she had collapsed in. Director William Friedkin, perhaps hoping to swell the movie's gross of over $19 million so far, made an appearance as best...
Troy is indeed a rare man among Oklahoma journalists. He has scourged major state industries-oil, gas and insurance-for gaining influence through blatant lobbying. He has exposed corruption and conflicts of interest in state and local governments and relentlessly crusaded against inadequacies in state mental health programs and prisons...
...members of the scientific and academic community, we feel a special responsibility because the racist writings of some of our colleagues are used to lend support to the more blatant racists on the School committee. None of these theories can cite a single proven fact for their support, yet they are proclaimed in scientific journals and the popular press alike as important new discoveries...
Hardly anybody is happy with the way Americans pay for their elections. The public does not like it-particularly in the wake of Watergate, with its repellent disclosures of arm twisting and fund laundering, briefcases stuffed with $100 bills and blatant influence peddling. "Money, money, money is what has got the people of this country disgusted with politics and politicians," laments Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Hugh Scott. Hubert Humphrey calls fund raising "the most demeaning, disgusting, depressing and disenchanting" chore in public life. Those who are tapped like it no better...
...Things would be less difficult if the economy hadn't reared its ugly head with such force at this particular moment," Horner said. "We have overcome blatant and overt discrimination, but fighting in the job market is the only way to actualize...