Word: overtness
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...situation had reached a crisis point. Salary money was nonexistent and basic operating expenses were going unpaid. Negotiations between the archdiocese, the parish, and the Student Center were undertaken, the results of which pleasantly surprised Richard Griffin and the Student Center--partial financial support from the archdiocese without any overt strings attached...
...case frustrated from without is not so much repression as it is conditioning for self-determination. In an environment in which the restrictions on one's freedom to fulfill even one's most basic needs and wants are as severe as they are in prison, one can rebel in overt disobedience. However, disobedience has programmed liabilities of its own. Disobedience--defiance without direction--had put George Jackson into the prison system. There, further disobedience could only result in a further escalation in his state of captivity, for the prison system with its rules and punishment options is well-armed...
Riots broke out in Pittsburgh yesterday. One might wonder at the cause of such excess and overt jubilation, but it's been a long time since Pittsburgh had a winner. After 20 years of failure, Steeler fans have had to rejoice over mediocrity instead of success. In basketball and hockey, the Penguins and Condors offer only slightly more than semi-pro success. For the past decade, Pittsburgh has been savoring the victories of Arnold Palmer and the 1960 Pirates. After 11 years of memories, victory was a little too sweet...
...show is essentially a series of fast moving vignettes backed by a rock band playing in the dark recesses of the upper stage. They brush on life, love, war, politics, and alienation but the overt theme is usually beside the point. It is the style of each individual piece that really makes the show. Some have a verbal brilliance that suggests what Printer or Joyce might have done if they had been born in this country. One skit, called "Image Sales," is a staccato recitation of brand names, commercial pitches, and want ads that conjures up visions of America choking...
Harvard University will continue to cooperate and to work with other governmental agencies and community groups, as well as national minority organizations which have equal employment opportunity objectives for the purpose of developing significant means to remove overt and covert barriers to equal opportunity for minority groups and women...