Word: flagrante
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...disgust at the maldistribution of food, at flagrant profiteering and the inability of Party functionaries to meet recurring war crises, a strong underground has developed. Despite a raid on a Milan printshop last month, which jailed five negotiators, the underground groups-Socialist, Liberals and Communists-last week have established a joint "Committee for Peace and Freedom" (TIME, May 3) and United Front organizations in at least six northern Italian cities. They claim the organization of a wave of strikes which began in March and at one point called out from 40,000 to 50,000 men. Through widespread circulation...
...quite talkative. His eyes and pupils were dilated. He admitted having been drinking." Both papers clamored for justice; Beverly Hills' Police Chief C. H. Anderson was quoted: "We are determined to protect the streets of this community against intoxicated and reckless drivers. The Mankiewicz case seems like a flagrant one, and we are determined that it shall be justly handled...
Traveling Flagrant...
...first half, amid lost balls galore, amid more traveling than has been seen anywhere since the Okies settled in California, the Elis moved to a 24 to 23 lead. Fleet Eli guard Gil Gibbon, one of the more flagrant offenders of the ban on walking, slipped through an amazingly porous Crimson man-to-man defense for twelve points in the first ten minutes...
These steps corrected some of the most flagrant conditions in North Africa and showed a desire to placate democratic opinion abroad. If the improvement continued and turned out to be more than skin-deep, Americans might yet be able to look upon their North African protégé without embarrassment...