Word: overtness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
...same breath. But between those brightly colored posters ("Come on now, don't be silly, put a condom on your willy") emblazoned across kiosks and in stairwells and the computerized dating service brought to us by the Undergraduate Council and the Harvard Computer Society, our campus seems rife with overt sexuality--and rearing to go for Valentine's Day. For a college not known for its throbbing sex life, Harvard appears to be doing all right...
...denied the preference for Coca-Cola was an overt political decision; but rather, a matter of service and taste...
With Hobey Baker candidates Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin and Tim Thomas in your lineup, as well as established national recognition, an overt confidence definitely develops. But then it becomes even more that...
...haunting orchestral score, composed by Andrew Hopson, was also been added to the production, and effectively complemented the action. The set, featuring a background of metal scaffolds, similarly emphasized the bleak moral and political situation of the play. In this production's most overt addition to the text, a series of disturbing images, both modern and ancient, were projected across the stage, to demonstrate that societal ills are certainly not restricted to Corionlanus' time. This attempt to broaden the context of the play seemed too labored and obvious, and was less effective than the more subtle innovations...