Word: blatantness
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Finally, it is undeniable that, regardless of any actual physical harm inflicted on these unknowing subjects, the emotional trauma they and their families have suffered since learning of the tests must be enormous. Harvard, MIT and the state of Massachusetts are responsible for that trauma, and for the blatant illegality of their actions...
Epps praised King for reminding white Americaof its original promise of treating all menequally in a time of blatant, permissiblediscrimination and segregation...
Intolerance need not be that blatant to inflict wounds. If Tony Jeffreys, 34, and Alice Sakuda Flores, 28, have a child, that hypothetical Japanese- Filipino-German-Irish-Buddhist-Catholic-American will become flesh and blood. In their one year of marriage, Tony says, "I've heard friends say stupid stuff about Asians right in front of Alice. It is real hypocritical because a lot of them have Mexican or black girlfriends or wives." Sometimes the more subtle the rejection, the sharper the sting. Says Candy Mills, 29, the daughter of black and Native American parents, who is married to Gabe...
Obviously, this was an idealistic goal. Nobody thought the world would suddenly become a cradle of justice and peace. But Somalia and Haiti represented cases of blatant abuse where intervention seemed reasonable...
...member in Dallas with ample vote-counting skills as former executive director of the New Hampshire State Democratic Party, estimates that "we can be 4% or 5% of the vote in a given district or state." Although the group has applied for a tax-exempt status that would forbid blatant politicking, it may publicize the extent to which a given politician's platform conforms to its beliefs. Realistically, UWSA has a decent chance of tipping elections in between two and three dozen districts. Says Henson, the Texas volunteer: "We are not a very old organization. ((But)) we will be heard...