Word: flagrante
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...Supreme Court has cleared the way for Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry's jailing. Terry's problems date back to the 1992 Democratic National Convention, when a member of his group displayed a fetus to candidate Bill Clinton, in flagrant violation of a court order. Terry was subsequently convicted for contempt of court and given a five-month jail sentence. Terry appealed, but today the Supreme Court left Terry's conviction and sentence intact...
When it comes to drinking on -- or off -- the job, FBI Director Louis Freeh will be merciless. While the CIA's James Woolsey was getting hammered for his agency's leniency toward superspy Aldrich Ames' flagrant drunkenness, Freeh issued a blistering Alcohol Policy memo warning agents that even off-duty misconduct caused by drinking will have "harsh consequences," up to dismissal. Even when drinking moderately at a social function, G-men and -women must arrange for a designated driver. Freeh, says one, is "J. Edgar Hoover with kids...
Journalists are not known as a self-effacing bunch, but for flagrant self- promotion, there is nothing quite like TV's entertainment-news shows. "Now an Extra exclusive!" boasts the latest entrant in the field, hyping a visit with Michael Douglas on the set of Disclosure. "Only on Entertainment Tonight," trumpets its competitor, "can you get an exclusive look" at the new Star Trek movie. "You won't see it anywhere else . . ." "Now, only on Extra!" -- the reporting coups come faster than commercials during the Super Bowl...
...proud dictators of a strife-torn realm. Two years ago, they refused to rehire a non-resident tutor who expressed views they found disagreeable. And for some time, they allowed--even condoned--the behavior of a resident tutor who allegedly threatened and intimidated students and colleagues and practiced flagrant nepotism...
When it doesn't outright ignore, Harvard postpones. The most flagrant example is the University's inaction on the continuing Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) controversy...