Word: overt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disruptions. "There was no violence in place where the mayor, the school board, or the city council have told the public that the law would be maintained," Willie says. When violence broke out, city officials had usually opposed the court orders, although their opposition might not have been overt, he adds...
Policy makers also agreed that the US still has a chance of preventing such developments through the provision of overt and covert political, military, economic, technical, diplomatic and public relations assistance to the current regime. However, if this effort failed to stabilize the local situation, the US would let it be known that it is prepared to and will use military force in conjunction with others, or, if necessary, unilaterally...
...liberal's duty for the next four years, Lewis asserts, is to preserve and strengthen the progressive philosophy, especially in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties. He contends that overt racism is growing throughout the nation, citing the increasingly visible Ku Klux Klan as one example of this trend. Lewis attributes recent expressions of racism to hard economic times: "We feel powerless in the world, people are not as content, and it is easier to be generous when things are going well...
...else does." He has watched the Republican team float names just to see how much opposition they generate. The process has claimed some victims. William Simon thought himself a shoo-in to be Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury. Then, after being subjected to what he calls "an overt hatchet job," including leaks about his unpopularity with some Senate Republicans, Simon withdrew, pleading personal reasons. But he is bitter, and includes "the nosiness and bias" of the press in his criticism. Unless this "savaging of public officials" abates, Simon says, businessmen will not go into Government, leaving the field...
...were a small $21 million, and contracts for $3.8 million more were under negotiation at the close of the fair. Grumman International, for example, displayed buses, fire engines and light aluminum trucks, but it received no orders. Said Burt Stern, Grumman's senior vice president: "We found little overt interest in our products. We know it takes time, and we hope that some of the information we gave out will drift back into the right places. Maybe something will happen from there." Still, Chinese curiosity about American products was strong. Stacks of product brochures vanished in minutes. General Electric...