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• a  open and observable; not secret or hidden
  an overt lie
  overt hostility
  overt intelligence gathering

• Many return to Italy, captivated by the gaiety, warmth and apparent candor that are the overt features of the Italian national character.
• The white majority should quickly condemn a white candidate who practiced overt racial politics.
• The Reagan Doctrine proclaimed overt and unashamed American support for anti Communist revolution.

• open

• covert

News & Articles

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• Why The NSA Leaks Will Lead To More Economic Espionage Against American Companies
  What happens when an American economy built in significant part on intellectual property collides with overt second-class treatment of foreigners who entrust their data to American networks and systems? We’re about to find out.
  June 11, 2013 - Forbes
• The Brilliance Of Apple's New Ad Is In Its Subtext
  Video Apple launched a new TV advertisement this week to coincide with Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. On its surface, it's more great advertising from Apple. But I believe there is a conscious subtext to almost every single frame of the spot that gives the ad far more power than its overt message. Give
  June 11, 2013 - Forbes
• MOVIE REVIEW: 'This Is the End'
  T here’s a lot of shocking material in “This Is The End,” a sacrilegious, stoner satire of a group of well known actors facing down the Rapture and its aftermath — but perhaps most shocking, for a Hollywood comedy, is the overt admission of the existence and agency of God.  Seth ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Washington Times

Quotes

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• Jimmy Carter in Washington Post
  I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history,Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. "The overt...
• Lindsey Graham in Forbes
  It would be a very overt rejection of Gen. Petraeus' leadership,said Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C. The military commanders "have earned the ability to carry on their mission," he said at another point.
• Evan Bayh in International Herald Tribune
  You probably don't get there by having an overt, in-your-face fight with classroom teachers,Bayh said. "That's going to take a lot of political capital and divert energy from other things."