Word: overtly
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...lying is usually less overt. A more typically card would read, "Deborah has gotten engaged, and Barry has gotten involved in community service." Unlike the case of outright lying, both of these statements are true, but here the tactful writer of this newsletter simply seems to have forgotten that Deborah was already six months pregnant before getting engaged and Barry was assigned his 40 hours by a district court judge...
...years, Democratic lobbyists lost influence--and money--as Republicans tightened their hold on power. G.O.P. leaders amplified the effect by launching an overt effort to push Democrats out of trade associations and lobbying firms, with the aim of increasing the G.O.P.'s share of campaign contributions from the groups' clients. G.O.P. leaders also punished firms that were too Democrat-friendly by excluding them from meetings on the Hill. The combined effect of power and persuasion added up to a decade of Republican domination in the business of influence peddling...
Breaux recalls that, though Patrick wasn’t an “overt politician” as an undergraduate, he was a “quiet, positive, social force...
...cartoons that were cited in your Oct. 30 editors’ note as exhibiting overt plagiarism, Breeden’s Oct. 25 cartoon is a particularly weak example. Professional cartoonist Daryl Cagle points out on his website that a “t-shirt or sign pointing at something with a comment ‘I’m with stupid’ is a recurring…theme” among cartoonists...
...referring to the bikini sporting, Portuguese-speaking women of the large South American country, but it’s more likely that they are referring to the band that is raising the bar in “ultra-chill” music. Treading the thin line between innuendo and overt sexuality, the New York City band provides a 2 a.m. alternative to your usual slowjamz playlist...