Word: blatantness
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...managed to galvanize concern to the point that parents in suburban Atlanta stick leaflets on car windshields denouncing the "dumbing down" of classes and the substitution of "psychotherapy" for the three Rs. Debi Schwier, an anti-OBE organizer in Gwinnett County, denounces such reforms as "one of the most blatant shifts in the history of the U.S. from what they call the Judeo-Christian ethic to an atheistic, humanistic ethic." She fears that the schools may tamper with her daughter's parent-instilled understanding of God. "Their goal seems to be to reform society," she says, "not just the schools...
...production's most blatant pitch to the sensibilities of middle-class matinee ladies comes when the mother (Judith Scarpone) moans about living in a world of moral complexity and invites the audience to share her nostalgia for the days when everyone seemed alike -- not, she adds, that she has any prejudices. This overwrought, distasteful monologue consistently brings shouted agreement and applause. Of course, Tolins is having it both ways: in allowing straights to vent a tacit wishing-away of gays, he validates his fears of a gene-engineered apocalypse...
Mansfield called the posters, which he saw lastnight in Quincy House, "a blatant attempt atintimidation for telling obvious, common sensetruths about gays...
Several tutors also questioned the stringency of the new policy, but they said the new guidelines will only punish the most blatant violators because they are given considerable discretion in enforcing the policy...
...obvious cases where good teachers are letgo early are more than compensated for [by thefact that] so-so teaching was allowed tocontinue," Buell said. "[In a more lenientsystem,] are you going to chop the head off ofrespectable mediocrity? The odds are that you'regoing to reserve the axe for blatant cases...