Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Palestinians decide that the P.L.O. is the representative then the P.L.O. is the representative," she said. Aloni also strictly emphasized that both sides should try to keep overt religious concers away from political decisions...
...that arose out of these emotions is Clancy's most politically sophisticated and philosophically complex. (Beach readers, have no fear; this is not Sartre.) There are no direct references to Iran-contra, no arms-for- hostages deals and no Ollie Norths; Clancy is too accomplished a craftsman for such overt gambits. The closest parallel comes in the fictional National Security Adviser, Vice Admiral James Cutter, who is reminiscent of John Poindexter. Almost from the moment the admiral is introduced, readers can sense Clancy's scorn: "Cutter was the sort of sailor for whom the sea was a means...
...drop out. Last summer, for example, arsonists at the University of Mississippi torched the school's first on-campus black fraternity house; last spring four black women at Smith College received racist notes. In the face of such hostility, the inducements to enroll -- scholarships, minority-student organizations -- seem pale. "Overt racial incidents can have a real psychological effect, even if they don't happen to you," says John Jackson, 23, a black at the University of Texas at Austin...
Prominent, national Black leaders have, unfortunately, been rare in American history. Reactions to such leaders have ranged from overt bigotry to condescending protectionism...
...Myth: Overt discrimination has virtually vanished in the past 20 years...