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Much of the discussion centered on the subject of discrimination--especially homophobia and racism--through subtle rather than overt means...
...contempt for the overt has led observers to compare her to that other purveyor of modern simplicity, Giorgio Armani -- an analogy Sander rejects. "I'm happy he exists," she says, "because he brought a minimalist vision of fashion compared with, say, Chanel or Versace. But I feel far away from him; these are two different concepts." In fact, Sander's style is even more spartan than Armani's, her palette even narrower; her detractors would argue that her look is far more severe and somber. "She is one of those designers other designers laugh at," says Joan Weinstein...
...University's policies were pretty clear, though not everything was overt," Mansfield says...
...typically Canadian fashion, the audience was far too polite to take any overt notice of Him. We pretended to glance over at the tree he was standing under, looking for a bird whose song we could have sworn we recognized. But under that thin, hard coat of well-bred civility, there was an unsatisfied urge to mob him. Like a dam waiting to burst, we looked around at each other, wondering who would be the first to release the floodgate...
...that's not even half the story. Levin employs a technique more powerful than his raw virtuosity in teaching packed houses in Paine Hall--Eros. Levin unabashedly uncovers the erotic content of the music being studied. His lectures are peppered with overt references to sex and seduction, affairs and adultery...