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Whether acknowledged overtly or not, Yale has, in fact, adopted a policy of institutional neutrality — and the committee’s deliberate efforts to evade being accused of doing so are dangerous.

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He immediately returned to overtly racist politics and anti-Muslim agitation, but has avoided directly committing or endorsing acts of violence.

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It added that his decision to document the trip on his department's platforms was an "overtly political and divisive act that diminished confidence in his judgement".

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While Sheridan’s shows about tough men contending with a changing world appeal to red-state audiences, he did not want to get overtly political.

In overtly religious works, when the Antichrist vouchsafes temporal comfort, it usually comes at the expense of man’s eternal salvation.

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