Word: blatantness
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...This blatant association of "girlish[ness]" with an ability to formulate well-reasoned, logical opinions resonated loudly with the previous day's debate. Here was an unambiguously negative use of a term denoting femaleness, in which the negative implications sprang from the very gender being invoked. One could not ignore the gendered root of this word, without losing the idea it was expressing: that certain people acted in a way characteristic of young females, by arguing a point in an irresponsible, giddy manner...
Coffey has claimed that he "wasn't aware" of the second ticket sale ahead of time. If he was, then his actions would have represented blatant deception...
...justification for U.S. intervention lies in Serbia's military and economic support for the Bosnian Serb army, the Bosnian Serbs' blatant disregard for U.N. mediation and the genocidal warfare that the conquering Serbs have waged...
...seems, to change. Perhaps one of the most disturbing aspects of Harvard today for Schmertzler and her classmates is that, in some areas of College life, time has stood stock still. "The discrimination against women today is extremely subtle and elusive," says Schmertzler. "It's not nearly as blatant as it was in the '50s. Nevertheless, the lack of women faculty diminishes female students and prevents them from reaching their full potential...
...latest twists in theCalifornia Senate illegal alien flapcontinued today as Republican Senate candidate Michael Huffingtonlaunched a blistering ad blitzand accused Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of "blatant lies" in connection with the now questionable claim that Feinstein employed an illegal alien in the early 1980s. The Huffington charges continued even though the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service admitted that it was mistaken in confirming a news report about the status of Feinstein's employee. Meanwhile, the housekeeper, Annabella Paiz, told The Associated Press that she was legal during her Feinstein stint. The allegations about Feinstein came a week after Huffington admitted...