Word: overtness
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...impassive observer, the best I could think to do in response to such overt prejudice was to turn to beer-toting Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and remind them that those who stand and watch are just as guilty as the perpetrators of abusive acts. Their blank stares reminded me that there is work yet to be done in the hallowed halls of what many see as the top intellectual breeding ground in the nation...
...level executive says the parade of meetings leaves him only 30 hours a month to work on new products and sales. "Things are 100% better than they were," he complains, "but it's still so tough and painfully slow to get anything done. It's not a problem of overt interference anymore, but it's still an insidious disease where the infrastructure eats up too much of your time. GM is still not fun. The game is so complex, the rules are so voluminous and the scoring system is so tough and incomprehensible that internally, half the time...
Covert or overt attempts to attack this culture, whether through staffing witch-hunts, funding priorities or political tactics, are deplorable, particularly on the part of those who deem themselves educators. Insulting students and staff to their colleagues in private, presenting different faces to many audiences and excluding those who know the most about service from the essential decisions disrespects the very ideals of service. The Assistant Dean should recognize the strengths of this culture, celebrate them and partake in possibilities they afford--or she should leave...
...outgoing officers wrote, "covert or overt attempts to attack this culture, either through staffing witch-hunts, funding priorities or political tactics are deplorable...
Though he continued to wield an almost mystic influence from his private Beijing compound, Deng's gradual withdrawal from overt power allowed his successors to prepare for an orderly transition. He was, like the ghosts Chinese revere, a force the current leaders dared not speak of disrespectfully. The steady rise in personal prosperity has persuaded China's citizens that their new leaders will continue to follow in Deng's footsteps without a major change of direction...