Word: blatantness
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...right about government denying women the right to choose, Bush inexplicably also told the press that he would support that right if his own granddaughter had an unwanted pregnancy. Quayle recently responded the same way to press questioning. It's hard to hide the fact that a blatant double standard is operating here, coupled with a hypocrisy that the two politicians are not even smart enough to hide. This is hardly admirable leadership...
...reluctance to act decisively even in the face of Iraq's blatant aggression should have warned the world of its incompetence in handling the current Balkan crisis...
...Shampoo Planet meant to be biting parody? Descriptions of Tyler's pride and joy, his collection of hair-care products, attack the image-consciousness and blatant consumerism of today's post-teens. There is "SlimeWarrior...the shampoo of conquerors with patented ten-minute algaeplasma slime formula." And there's "HairHenge, containing folliclemaintenance secrets devised by the ancient druids." Not to mention "Monk-on-Fire, containing placenta, nectarine-pit extract, and B vitamins...
...transaction is perfectly blatant. A Jordanian customs official is bribed, illegal cargo is substituted for food and medicine, a false manifest is prepared, and the truck heads for the Iraqi border. At the Jordanian customs post, the truck, sealed with a lock and a bit of wire, is not examined, the customs inspector stamps the false manifest, and the driver heads for Baghdad. Boasts police major Ahmed Omari as he waves through a van of vegetable oil: "Not a single truck has carried smuggled goods into Iraq." But thanks to Iraqi payoffs lavished on Jordanian government officials, thousands of tons...
...interview yesterday, Gates said he would "rather be attacked" than "feel compromised by silence in the face of blatant falsehood...