Word: blatantness
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...Andre du Toit, a professor of political studies in South Africa, has written, de Klerk's Cabinet, as late as June 1990, accepted the "need-to-know" principle for security operations, though they also claimed that ministers should accept full accountability for "special projects." Unsurprisingly, this blatant contradiction resulted in some agents keeping their superiors in the dark about certain activities...
...dismissed as charming. But when Rev. Graham's prayer of invocation finally ended in: "We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen," I was thoroughly disgusted. The inauguration service (yes, service) was a blatant mockery of our supposed separation of church and state. To follow all this up, President Bush, the head of our secular country, made a speech that prayed to and thanked...
...high-minded laboriousness that stands in for energy of conception. Still, their depiction of colored solids often has the decorative charm of the geometrical illustrations in old emblem books, and the color, saturated and speckled, is a big step up from the normally posterish hues, alternating between bland and blatant, of LeWitt's earlier work...
...permitted to take preventive action because of a Navy order preventing the sailors from firing weapons for fear of political repercussions. This indicates negligence in the pursuit of a questionable diplomatic agenda and a lack of faith in the ship's crew to implement appropriate defensive procedures. Such blatant disregard for American lives is unacceptable. Regardless of whether the U.S. was aware of past attempts against American naval vessels or the de-miners, it is clear that the embassy in Yemen, the Navy and the ship's captain were clearly aware of the threat environment, one that included precedent...
...that being the artist's real name), was lording over the pop charts. The disc, loaded with violent and misogynistic imagery, proved irresistible to millions of teenage boys. While some puritanical teachers and parents tried to demonize Harry--he is a wizard, after all--there was a far more blatant dark side to Eminem. In midsummer his estranged wife Kim, who had been vilified in one of her husband's songs and in the KIM: ROT IN PIECES tattoo that he wore on his torso, attempted suicide. The couple subsequently filed for divorce. Eminem's personal problems didn't intrude...