Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special set of ethical questions concerns the elite of American reporters, the Washington press corps. Indeed, much of the journalistic behavior that the public says it finds objectionable is seen chiefly in telecasts from Washington: rudeness to high officials, prosecutorial shouting of questions at press conferences, overt attempts to trap an interview subject with trick questions, "instant analysis" of speeches that viewers have just seen for themselves. Another blow to the image of all journalists was struck in Washington last Friday when White House Spokesman Larry Speakes announced that he had trapped two reporters purloining internal White House memos...
Today, we find a population eager to embrace Americans, if not as saviors, at least as peculiar foreigners. Overt attempts to install a government unrepresentative of Grenadians will certainly generate hostility and a profound sense of betrayal. For the U.S., that scenario means supporting another repressive regime. And for Grenadians, things would not have changed very much. In this land of Bob Marley and reggae, perhaps the words of Pete Townshend and The Who best express their predicament...
Certain acts, such as unwanted sexual invitations, unwelcome physical contact or pressure for dates, are obvious. Men tend to define harassment almost solely in terms of sex. But the survey showed that only 2% of untenured women and 1% of women graduate students reported overt sexual abuse, such as assaults or attempted rape. Women, however, considered as serious harassment demeaning remarks and behavior designed to make them feel uncomfortable...
...think Wheaton is the exception to the rule," Smaw said, adding that in the past two years "we [the U.S.] have fostered a climate in which it is more acceptable to be an overt racist...
...their neighbors' affairs. But the gambit is risky. Nicaraguan Defense Minister Humberto Ortega warned last week that if the contras step up their attacks, Sandinista forces would pursue them to the border areas of Honduras and Costa Rica. If so, the "covert" war could become even more overt than it already...