Word: blatantness
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...forgive the graceless and oppressive flourescent lighting and the inexplicable psychedelic pixel boards--which flash subliminal and blatant fascist over-tones, convincing us of what a good time we're having--the renovated Memorial Hall basement is first-rate. The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas--the Jetsonesque Coffee House and restaurants--are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite to eat. Loker Commons seems to be the type of ideal place that might serve as a social center...
...article also attempts to legitimize what we in PBHA view as blatant deceptions in the past few months. The authors write, "A six-month period of overlap has been planned between the old and new administrative arrangements, in order to ensure a gradual transition that secures ongoing programs...
Therefore, throughout the entire "restructuring" process, the blatant disregard for the entire public service community provided more evidence to reveal what past leaders and current advisors had already told me: the entire process was little more than an insidious and dishonest move to fire existing public service staff in order to gain control over public service and PBHA...
...bill to keep better track of lobbyists, R.N.C. chairman Haley Barbour mailed fund-raising letters to many of the lobbyists the bill is supposed to rein in. Even in a city inured to the crass trading of favors for campaign cash, the Barbour letter, signed simply "Haley," is extraordinarily blatant. It opens, "Let me get right to the point," and lays out in detail the special access money can buy, ranging from photographs with the Republican presidential contenders to cocktails in a private skybox at the G.O.P. convention in San Diego next August. The more contributors give...
...Saro-Wiwa was murdered by the Nigerian government after a mock trial in which he was sentenced to death by a specially constituted military tribunal in blatant disregard for all civil and judicial procedure. His death is but the latest outrage against the Ogoni people, who struggle against economic disenfranchisement by the military government and its greatest supporter, the multinational corporation Anglo-Dutch Shell...