Word: blatantness
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...offensive enough for a labor leader, denied the Players Association was mortally wounded. "They definitely took a hunk of flesh out of us," he said, "but we're not busted. We're still here." Announcing that the union had filed an antitrust suit against the owners' "blatant display of monopoly powers," Upshaw said, "We've tried bargaining, we've been on strike. Now we'll let the courts decide." They intend to challenge the basic N.F.L. contract, the reserve system, even the college draft...
These, in turn, are represented by the requisite Shepard blatant symbolism: a giant mobile of model warplanes, an ominous yellow-green moon on the backdrop, rifles, a deer carcass, an American flag, and lots of people wearing plaid flannel shirts, Levi's button-fly jeans, and shitkickers...
...General Assembly, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze called for a United Nations peacekeeping force to insure the freedom of the seas in the Gulf. The State Department knee-jerk opposition to the plan is exactly what it appears to be: reactionary short-sightedness at its most blatant...
FROM the beginning, Aquino's biggest selling point was also her greatest liability. Untainted by previous experience in politics, Aquino's naivete was a powerful moral highground from which to attack the blatant machinations of Marcos and his cronies. But once she came to power, her inexperience showed...
...apparent destination was Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied charges that its nuclear facility at Kahuta is intended to produce weapons. Democrat Stephen Solarz of New York, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, criticized the Pakistani government of President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq for showing "blatant disregard" for U.S. antiproliferation laws...