Word: obvious
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...guard. Still, the IPO was so popular among ordinary Kenyans that even opposition leader Raila Odinga, who narrowly lost a disputed presidential election to incumbent Mwai Kibaki in December, had to dial back his distaste for the offering. Once he realized that the sale would go ahead, it became obvious that standing in the way would be deeply unpopular among supporters who wanted to invest. "Mr. Odinga has always supported the privatization of Safaricom but has objected to secretive manner in which it was conducted," Odinga spokesman Salim Lone said. "He did not want his supporters not to buy something...
...unclear.Although the actors’ double duties make the show feel more personal, they also lead the three to overanalyze their direction at times. Every time the two women sit together on the couch, both cross their legs. Sometimes, their movements are even synchronized. These blocking choices are too obvious for a show that otherwise thrives on its ability to create understated tension. A non-acting director might have helped infinitely in toning down the heavy-handed attention to every minute detail and allowed the three to focus on the broader ideas presented in Pinter’s work.The three...
...forward Sarah Vaillancourt, how it held against her the fact that a Harvard player had already won five of the 10 awards given out, how it gave way too much weight to Mercyhurst’s Meghan Agosta’s inflated goal totals, or how it exhibited an obvious pro-Sweden bias in voting for Minnesota-Duluth’s Kim Martin, a Stockholm native (alright, maybe not that...
From powerful Clinton insiders to the lowliest precinct delegate for Hillary, it was obvious over the weekend that the Clintonites were not going to let Obama tip the scales without a fight. Clinton presidential committee chairman Terry McAuliffe rode frenetically up and down Interstate 35 between Austin and Waco, dropping in on county conventions along the way to spur Hillary's supporters. "She's in this thing for the long haul. The way I look at it, this thing is basically tied," he told the Waco Tribune...
...latest report, released by Bellemare, is even sparser in details than those of Brammertz. By pinning Hariri's murder on an unidentified "criminal network," Bellemare is merely confirming the obvious - that it was a crime and that more than one person was involved...