The safety problem is an open secret among people in the health care industry.
It's an open secret that it has a stake in Nabil Bank, a domestic private.
It's an open secret the world over that the US does not pursue non-interest issues.
The parentage of the light-skinned child was for years an open secret among local blacks.
There is also the fact that Mr Foley's homosexuality was an open secret on Capitol Hill.
This has been an open secret among bankers and regulators since the start of the credit crunch in 2007.
The illegitimacy of Statism is beginning to achieve the status of open secret.
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It is an open secret that hospitals in the 21st Century are full of patients that should not be there.
It's an open secret in Washington that gay men play an active role in Republican Party politics at every level.
Among some Web programmers, the type of maneuver used by Google appears to have been an open secret for some time.
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One of them, Labour Rhondda MP Chris Bryant has said that Mr Evans's sexuality was "an open secret in Parliament for years".
"It's an open secret she scuppered some of his initiatives, " says Ho.
Double-dipping fees have been an open secret in the industry for years.
It's an open secret that many higher standard factories often sub-contract orders to these sweat-shops to keep costs down and meet customer's deadlines.
Thanks to an incessant stream of leaks, the handset you see in black and white above had become something of an open secret.
It was an open secret long before his arrest that Mr Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister and economics professor, was an inveterate womaniser.
The political answer is an open secret: before the election the government promised as much to Muslim voters dismayed at the war in Iraq.
At this point, it's pretty much an open secret that Sprint needs to hitch its ride to LTE to stay in the wireless game.
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It's an open secret that some naturally PG movies have an element or two thrown in to earn a PG-13, so teenagers aren't scared off.
The newly-introduced system, the "open secret ballot system", allows each voter to stand and witness the ballot box opened, the votes counted, the results declared.
It was an open secret, after the Kosovo war, that American commanders were disappointed by their allies' lack of precision-guided weapons, electronic-warfare equipment and secure communications.
But it is an open secret that Mr Ali Mahdi and Mr Aideed have agreed that the first should be president and the second prime minister.
It is an open secret that aid and investment have been key factors behind the decision of some small nations in recent years to recognize Taipei.
Alonso's switch to Ferrari has been an open secret in F1 for weeks and BBC Sport understands he signed his contract as long ago as July 2008.
It is an open secret among seasoned bears that only a small fraction of short sales these days are the result of rigorous and original securities analysis.
Kenseth's decision to leave for a seat on Gibbs' team was an open secret for much of last season, although the veteran star never really explained his move.
The clampdown was an open secret, particularly among Jewish charities.
It was an open secret in Silicon Valley for years.
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It is working seamlessly with Mr Obama's own campaign machine, Organising for America, while it is an open secret that the various Republican campaigns are a badly co-ordinated mess.
And with respect to the Middle East, it is an open secret that the United States played no significant role in the diplomacy that led to the Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough.
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