Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Korean, even those at previous performances in New York, Philadelphia, and Providence who spoke as much Greek as Korean appeared to have no difficulty relating to the contradictions depicted: modern "progress" in Third World countries like South Korea under Western captialism's political and economic shadow. The overt questioning of the impact of continuing American influence in the form of U.S. military troops and the recent build-up of nuclear arms is not simply rhetoric being played out on stage, but a form of experimenting that asks how far one can get away with extending the boundaries...
Intimidation is not always as overt as it is in the case of rape or molestation. "In science departments, what's prevalent is very much an understood sexism. The professsor assumes that the man in the class is going to be naturally adept. The woman is not considered as an equal," says Backus...
Helms pointed to the administration's decisionto supply Stinger anti-aircraft missiled to therebels in Afghanistan to emphasize that supposedlycovert operations were becoming overt...
...assured, tactfully ironic direction. Amazing how the unspoken can resonate, astonishing how much can be implied with a small, deft gesture. It may be that Turtle Diary is advancing a radical proposition: good can arise as an unintended consequence of self-absorption as readily as it can from more overt efforts to improve the world...
While making no overt threats against Nicaragua, Reagan's statements--particularly coming on the site of the last open use of U.S. military forces--could hardly be construed as comforting to the leftist government 1,500 miles to the west...