Word: overtness
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...beating to death his pregnant wife and two children. Well before the jury spoke, McGinniss had come to believe his man was guilty. But to protect the book contract he had to keep his subject happy, and he did so, not just by concealing opinions but also by telling overt lies. MacDonald sued, and after a hung jury, McGinniss and his publisher settled, reportedly for $350,000. More humiliation came when Janet Malcolm of the New Yorker detailed McGinniss's indiscretions in a 1989 article, quoting liberally from his letters to MacDonald, including gushing affirmations of belief in his innocence...
...There is a kind of public repression now with the neo-conservatives that I think wouldn't have been allowed in those days. A kind of stupidity--this business of creationism, the invasion of the public forum with religious fundamentalism, the overt attempts to muzzle the press, the conglomeration of multi-nationals owning the television networks, the multi-nationals owning the government, the extreme military budget, you know, 300 dollars a year. In 1959, I wrote a little essay denouncing the military spending and the budget then was 52 million a year instead of 300 billion. And I thought that...
Since neither the Bush Administration nor any European government wants to be perceived as bargaining with kidnappers, they made no overt demand about the timing of the Western hostages' release. But plainly the West expects its captives to be freed during one of those two phases...
...accepted the idea that the peace process will move in stages, with the first one intended to provide Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza with local self-government, not an independent state. The Palestine Liberation Organization is ruled out of the talks, and, if Shamir has his way, overt representatives of East Jerusalem will be too. The peace conference will serve only to start bilateral talks and will have no authority to make decisions...
When it comes to gay participation, the overt concern is about role models, while the unspoken correlative is fear of child molestation. In practice, an acknowledged homosexual is an unlikely molester, if only because parents would be watchful, while married, middle-aged scoutmasters have been known to transgress...