Word: overtness
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...never anything overt," she said. "It's in terms of the way males deal with me as a woman, and double that, being a black woman. The way people interact with me is different from the way people interact with [former Council President] Noah [Z. Seton...
...carry a tune," observes psychologist Isabelle Peretz of the University of Montreal. "They can't dance, and they can't tell the difference between consonance [harmony] and dissonance either. They all appear to have been born without the wiring necessary to process music." Intriguingly, people with amusia show no overt signs of brain damage or short-term-memory impairment, and magnetic-resonance-imaging scans of their brains look normal...
...donors for Jesus Week, most of them Harvard alums or parents of students, say they felt compelled to give money in order to boost the visibility of religious students on campus. Some say they are concerned that Harvard is suspicious--if not hostile--toward overt displays of religion at the University...
...whether or not one agrees with the discrimination charges against Temple Bar, all readers should take offense at Noah D. Oppenheim's "Bushido at the Bar" (column, April 21). To answer Oppenheim's question, one reason why Harvard students "cry racism" might be because racism need not be overt for it to be present and offensive in a particular situation. It can be subtle; it can be institutionalized; and it can even appear within his column. Before Oppenheim presumes to surmise how "grateful" the Asian American Association (AAA) should be at his efforts to analyze the situation, he might instead...
...mass mailing this week, the department declares that relying on such lists can "harm children and waste resources." Instead, it counsels teachers and parents to use the much lower-tech and more labor-intensive approach of keeping their eyes and ears alert at all times, not only for overt threats but also for troubled students who need help...