Word: blatants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...because Beefy is so reminiscent of that rascal O'Keefe, Sebastian Dangerfield's friend. And many of the sexual scenes, often dominated by Beefy's rhetoric, bear an uncomfortable resemblance to those of the earlier book. But there is a dramatic shift in focus from the blatant hardships of the lower classes in Ginger Man to the more subtle and delicate troubles of the moneyed aristocracy. In both cases, there doesn't seem to be much justice for such money-haunted people as Balthazar, Beefy, Dangerfield and O'Keefe. "God's mercy...
...United States Chamber of Commerce, and Republican conservatives. In 1965 the NAM and the CC appointed a "blue ribbon" committee of management lawyers to research Labor Board "violations" of management rights. Their report launched broadside attacks against the procedure and integrity of the Labor Board, accusing it of blatant pro-unionism. "Legislative remedy," it said, "should be aimed at the chief offender--the NLRB itself...
...blatant props, the intricate plot, these are no more than smash door-prizes to draw us into the moments of the movie. I suggest that Tim Hunter does not really care about telling a story. If he puzzles us with the mystery trail, it is only to involve us in seeing. (Problem, of course: some will lose the present moments in anticipation of the future moments. That is how most of us live our lives. That is how some will watch this movie. Tell us a story, please. Lead us to the end. Perhaps my purpose here is to insist...
Many of the crocodile tears being shed are a manifestation of the losers' syndrome that would brand Agnew as a racist and Humphrey as a rightist, both of which are blatant nonsense...
...eyebrow raiser. Calling the first press conference in the bank's 108-year history, President Eugene H. Adams declared that "We are very mad about this situation." Next day First National further vented its anger by placing full-page newspaper ads to denounce what it described as a "blatant, selfish attempt of a part-time Coloradan turned New York Wall Street raider to take over...