Word: blatantness
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...Ironically I think it's a very good thing," said Gutierrez, who said he found racism in The Bell Curve. "It's a blatant example that in this day and age people have age old biases about race...
Katherine is almost too blatant to be believably manipulative. At a business meeting, Katherine introduces herself as Isobel's "inheritance." When Isobel throws a fit because Katherine is planning to sell the family house, Katherine tearfully pours out a sob story about being penniless, and then in an about-face angrily snaps, "Be fair, Isobel...
...politicians are as suspect regarding family as they are regarding values. The blatant public manipulation of one's own family -- displaying spouse and kids in gauzy campaign commercials, on convention stages, in tearful speeches -- is by now a common practice among politicians. An even more common practice is the neglect of one's family. Ambitious politicians almost by definition find more fulfillment in coffee klatches and subcommittee meetings than at Little League and the PTA. Quayle's quite valid critique of Murphy Brown and single parenthood is especially poignant coming from a man who spent so much time away from...
Widdiss, who calls the tribal government's push for the casino "blatant corruption," says the issue was never brought to a tribal vote...
...disturbing trend in the media's coverage of the Internet. Far too many publications talk about the "seedy side" of the Internet, and not about its genuine research benefits. And must publications, including your own, make blatant factual errors in discussing these issues...