Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...election could be a disaster for Russia, the world and Clinton. It would inevitably touch off Republican charges of "losing Russia." Yet what could Clinton do to help President Boris Yeltsin, who is still in a tight race with communist Gennadi Zyuganov? Not much. Clinton had to avoid any overt meddling in the election. He nonetheless missed no opportunity to demonstrate that Russia under Yeltsin is still a member of the Big Powers Club, contrary to communist accusations that Yeltsin has reduced the country from superpower to international beggar...
...that we've entered the overt phase where there is no longer any concern about tipping him off, we can go to all the locations of the bombings, the sites of the mailings and the places he lived and ask about him by name," the senior federal official said. "That means motels, hotels, airlines, buses, gas stations anything where his name or a known alias might have been used...
Harvard's KKK is sure to find support from their natural allies among conservative and right-wing students. It will not be too hard to persuade some of them to switch from promoting covert prejudice to endorsing overt racism. For example, fans of The Bell Curve are potential converts. Although it will be a bitter struggle, Harvard's Ku Klux Klan must organize...
...Milken's angst, however, he has never had an overt symptom of advanced prostate cancer, no pain in his bones, weight loss, chronic fatigue or problems with urination. "That's one of the things that's scary about this," he says. "Had I not had a PSA, I would not have known...
They reacted swiftly in part because the court's decision included a sharp warning that "if the law school continues to operate a disguised or overt racial classification system in the future, its actors could be subject to actual and punitive damages." Says Berdahl: "That gets your attention real fast." Other state schools in the circuit, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, are bound by the decision. Private schools may also be affected because many receive federal funds, and campuses nationwide are studying the ruling as a possible harbinger of things to come...