Word: blatantness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...true artist . . . with a diabolically evocative style." Indeed it seems that R's prose has "a richness, an ostensible dash, that caused some of the less demanding reviewers in his adopted country to call him a master stylist." To aid that laggard crowd, Nabokov has provided some blatant examples of the wordplays he is famous for. Proofreading R's new book, he puzzles about an incidental character named Adam von Librikov. Lest anyone miss the point, Nabokov adds, "Or was the entire combination a sly scramble...
Several chapter representatives and educators passed a resolution submitted by the Harvard chapter condemning the parent fraternity for "blatant discrimination against female educators," at a national conference on Equal Opportunity for women two weeks...
...allegation about Haldeman drew heated and specific denials. "At no time has Bob had any tie whatever to the funds," MacGregor said. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler accused the Post of "blatant character assassination." The Post story ostensibly was based on a grand jury appearance by Hugh W. Sloan, former treasurer of C.R.P. James Stoner, a lawyer representing Sloan, denied that his client had made any such statement. Further, TIME learned, Sloan had not mentioned Haldeman in his statement to the FBI; presumably Sloan's remarks to the grand jury were no different...
...conference's workshop on professional schools passed a resolution submitted by the Harvard Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, the most prestigious professional fraternity for educators. The resolution condemned the International organization of Phi Delta Kappa for "blatant discrimination against female educators...
...issue Linsky has been touching gingerly is the Jewish issue. As a Jew running in this "bagel belt" district, he has been discreetly avoiding making his religion an issue, for fear of making what might seem to be blatant appeals for Jewish support...