Word: overtness
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Heaney was too gentle a lover of language to ever write anything overtly jingoistic or propagandistic in defense or incitement of Ireland, choosing instead to write subtle but equally powerful works urging by implication (meaning that has to be "dug up" from the earth of the poems) the recovery of Irish culture through the overthrow of those foreign "invaders." This light but equally effective touch, driven almost exclusively by the power of image rather than the power of overt explication, was criticized by many political figures in Ireland for being too ineffective and too oblique, but Heaney gave the impression...
Even members of the Cambridge community at large seemed to be impressed with the Coming Out Day presentation and its overt concern with Shepard's death...
That is not to say that I've been the object of overt religious persecution, an evil whose history and legacy I take quite seriously. It does mean, however, that a palpable sense of the passe has informed almost every lecture that has made mention of God in the three years of classes I've taken. It seems as though my professors and most of my classmates share a common "knowledge" about the inanity of a belief in God and think that some of us have simply missed a great enlightenment. To a certain extent I agree--not with...
...with original fare such as Woman's Day, a talk show with Phyllis George as co-host; Reel to Reel, a movie-trivia game show; and It's a Miracle, featuring true-life inspirational stories. "We want to be a safe haven for viewing: free of violence, free of overt sex and free of foul language," says Paxson, who runs his empire from West Palm Beach, Fla. Paxson insists, however, that he's not aiming for a new incarnation of the Christian Broadcasting Network. "We're not going to proselytize or evangelize in any way. Jesus gave only one sermon...
Women, especially, listen to Winfrey because they feel as if she's a friend. Although Phil Donahue pioneered the format she uses (mike-holding host moves among an audience whose members question guests), his show was mostly what I call "report-talk," which often typifies men's conversation. The overt focus is on information. Winfrey transformed the format into what I call "rapport-talk," the back-and-forth conversation that is the basis of female friendship, with its emphasis on self-revealing intimacies. She turned the focus from experts to ordinary people talking about personal issues. Girls' and women...