Word: overtness
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...this endless, enervating, anxiety-ridden ordeal was not settling for stability but going for victory. Courage allowed him to weather the incessant, at times almost universal, attacks on him for the radical means he chose to win it: the military buildup; nuclear deployments in Europe; the Reagan doctrine of overt support for anticommunist resistance movements everywhere, including Nicaragua; and the piece de resistance, strategic missile defenses, derisively dubbed Star Wars by scandalized opponents. Within eight years, an overmatched, overwhelmed, overstretched Soviet Union was ready for surrender, the historically breathtaking, total and peaceful surrender of everything - its empire and its state...
...from its roadmap plan to what she called “a mutual admiration society between Bush and Sharon.” She cited a “knowledge and foresight deficit” in U.S. foreign policy, and said “the United States has become an overt partner in Israel’s occupation of Palestine...
Council Secretary Jason L. Lurie ’05 offered a different objection to the bill, saying that this would be a “step-backwards” in terms of removing the council from overt political stances. Lurie cited examples of position papers passed by previous councils that admonished the invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf War, apartheid in South Africa and the purchasing of grapes farmed by migrant workers...
...actual profession--reminding a couple, "We're not decorating this house for you to live in. We're decorating it for you to leave." Likewise, HGTV's Designed to Sell (Sundays, 8 p.m. E.T.), which joins the network's already popular House Hunters, helps sellers remove clutter and overt personal touches that make it hard for buyers to imagine themselves in the home. Ultimately, the shows are about learning to see your house not as a home but as an investment, which, after all, is what the real estate boom has been teaching...
...this new trend. While metrosexuality might bring about improvements in hygiene, it does so at a cost. It alters standard male behavior and propels male narcissism to new heights. That’s not to say that male narcissism is confined to metrosexuals; yet, metrosexuality does offer it an overt celebration by emphasizing the importance of physical appearance. As a result, guys stop gazing in admiration of female beauty and become fixated on themselves...