And Douglass is deeply disappointed by the lack of an overt assault on slavery.
Groups like Hezbollah and even Al Qaeda stand poised to take advantage and press varying nightmare agendas, to undermine relatively moderate Arab governments, or to join in a more overt assault on the very existence of Israel.
We are asking the court to intervene because gerrymandering is an overt assault on our representative form of government, and free and fair elections are the foundation of American democracy.
There are other steps involved too, aside from overt sexual assault.
The promotional ramp-up for Rihanna's 2009 release "Rated R" didn't shy away from allusions, both covert and overt, to her assault at the hands of the R&B star Chris Brown.
Unless seculars have lapsed from a faith as adults, they are generally poorly informed of what the religious issues are apart from the more overt forms of physical assaults on religious and the vandalism of religious property; they are too often blind to the slights that seculars inflict on religious every day.
The statement says: "Free and frank intellectual inquiry is under assault by overt legislative acts and by a chilling effect of secrecy and intimidation in the government, media and on college campuses.
I woke up each day, shambled a few yards to my most powerful computer and was transported to the mystical land of Ferelden, a fantasy kingdom riven by political conflict and under assault both overt and clandestine by unappeasable demonic foes from beyond.
If you are the victim of, are involved in, or a witness to any violation of the law such as assault, robbery, theft, overt sexual behavior, etc. call UCPD as soon as possible.
Back then it was overt, coarse and overdue for assault.
