This has been the Palestinian game since Oslo: talk peace, pretend to be peaceful, while covertly (and overtly) making war.
Neither a 527 nor a social-welfare group could engage in "express advocacy" — that is, overtly making the case for one candidate over another.
The commercials have served another purpose, strategists said: without overtly making race an issue, they have let voters know that Mr. McCall is black.
Without overtly making a decision, they start to root for one candidate, taking satisfaction in his well-made arguments, forgiving his weak responses, taking umbrage at the other candidate's demagogic shots or personal demeanor.
It must be seen to hold firm to its promise not to subsidise nuclear power, either overtly or covertly, made in the 2006 Energy Review: "It will be for the private sector to initiate, fund, construct and operate new nuclear plants and to cover the full cost of decommissioning and their full share of long-term waste management costs".
Several women who attended church meditation groups said that Father Ordonez had touched them in ways that, while not overtly sexual, made them uncomfortable, Mr. Lasso said.
The summer separates — say an airy white shirt over a faint paisley pattern or a slim, calf-length dress shaded on the torso — looked woman friendly but not overtly feminine, making for a stand-out show.
Ever since Anne Perry took her stalwart working-class hero, Thomas Pitt, off the streets of Victorian London and elevated this former police detective to a post in secret intelligence, the books in this series have become more overtly political, making them more exciting, but, frankly, not as much fun.
"I would like to ask you overtly to make the point that no comedian has ever done four specials in one year, much less a female comedian.
