Word: blatantness
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...mistakes would leave readers with the false impression that those of which I have not complained are, in fact, correct. As I have had more than three months in which to respond to your last issue of the spring, however, I thought that I would highlight the most blatant errors that issue contained...
...proudly counterculture bar called Kirby's, blatant pro-lifers are likely to be booted from the premises. Elsewhere, pro-choicers face similar hazards. "I've been elbowed, stepped on, spit on and called Satan's mistress," says Marina Clemente, 26, who unwittingly entered a pro-life sandwich shop and found herself "verbally abused" by 20 patrons once she revealed her views. Others have been drawn closer together. "This is about the only thing my mother-in-law and I agree on," says Patricia Beltz, 36, as she waves a pro-choice placard in front of one of the clinics...
Princesses is far from the worst new comedy of the fall season. After a pilot episode that goes through ludicrous contortions to set up the situation, it may turn out to be a passably entertaining look at manhunting in the Big Apple. But the blatant gimmickry of its premise is symptomatic of the malaise that has descended on TV's most venerable format, the situation comedy...
...does to the plagiaree. In all but the most blatant cases, though, plagiarism is a victimless crime. Sure, Marius was upset that his entire story was heisted. ("It made me so mad, I could hardly bear it," he recalls...
...readiness of much of the nation's news media to carry the story about the official raised serious questions about journalistic ethics and quality control. The article exposing the official was printed last week by the Advocate, a Los Angeles- based gay magazine published every two weeks. In a blatant bid for publicity and newsstand sales, the magazine faxed dozens of advance copies to mainstream journalists. The cover line referred to "outing" the official, a ( gay neologism for exposure of a homosexual by other homosexuals. The author, Michelangelo Signorile, pioneered the tactic in the defunct New York City gay magazine...