Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disturbing that there are people out there who would ask such questions. But what cannot be ignored is that they are powerless in our society, the exceptions to a new set of rules. That such overt, virulent racism today stands out serves as a reminder of the strides America has made in race relations. The racism that hinders the nation's minorities today is of a more genteel nature...
...racism goes far beyond specific incidents of violence and overt bias. It underlies the persistent and worsening economic gap between blacks and whites. Blacks' median income was 62% of whites' median income in 1975 and 56% by 1985, according to a report on The State of Black America by the National Urban League. Unemployment among black youths has increased from nearly 25% in 1960 to nearly 40% in 1985. At the same time, according to a 1985 survey, less than 1% of the senior executives at the major companies in the FORTUNE 500 were blacks. In one poll of black...
...years following his return from Southeast Asia, North continued to crave action. After joining the NSC in 1981, he became known for his overt patriotism and his covert activities. North seemed to pop up at every trouble spot around the world: cheerleading for the contras in Honduras and stalking terrorists in Lebanon. He helped plan the invasion of Grenada, the secret mining of Nicaraguan harbors and the hijacking of the plane carrying the Achille Lauro terrorists. Later, North became the point man for the private network financing the Nicaraguan rebels...
...fashionable topic of discussion either here at Harvard, on other college campuses or in the Real World. It's not talked about in the dining halls or in the Yard as it was in the '60s and '70s. Has racism dissipated? Has it become accepted? Is racism just not overt anymore...
...Mediterranean at the time of its Aug. 25 story, "are intended to keep the Libyans off balance and to assemble forces in case a quick, punishing strike at Libya is needed." A White House memo to CIA Director William Casey underlined the point. It suggested that "overt (military) operations will also be required to give credibility to rumors that the U.S. intends to take further military action...