Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reject the assertion that a group can prevent a man from moving as he pleases, force him to interact with a hostile crowd--and not violate his rights. Is a "symbolic blockade" anything but an obvious oxymoron...
...cannot be said that Wolfe spoke for an era, but--as is obvious in his fascination with the lives of the Gants, autobiographical representations of Wolfe's family--he most definitely spoke for himself...
...they are the harshest trade sanctions that the U.S. has slapped on Japan since the end of World War II, and their imposition could well herald further bitter actions on both sides. "We do this more in sorrow than in anger," said Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige. Despite the obvious risks of such an abrupt change in the rules of engagement, the Administration's toughness earned bipartisan applause. Said Democratic Senator John D. Rockefeller of West Virginia: "It's about time we took some real action." Added Republican Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico: "There is no question the President...
...need for such measures is an obvious indication of how far the independent entrepreneurs of television-based conglomerates have strayed from ordinary church life. The local Protestant congregation, observes Church Historian Martin Marty of the University of Chicago, "has to account for every penny it takes in. The treasurer lives next door to you. You all get to vote on the budget." By contrast, many televangelists are accountable only to themselves and to cozy boards of admirers...
...rumors, until Reagan and his aides must be wondering when and if they will ever stop. The answer probably is: not until the select investigating committees finally lay the whole story bare in public. The President at his long-awaited news conference may have put some of the more obvious questions to rest, less by answering them conclusively than by demonstrating that any further discussion would only spin in repetitious circles...