Also don't forget, says Mr. Kagan, "unsubtle Christianity" and its strong strain of pacifism.
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He said that they put "party over country, " an unsubtle way of calling them unpatriotic.
Look beyond the unsubtle imagery, however, and Mr Edwards's anti-poverty plan is an intriguing mix.
"Welcome to Iowa, " said NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, the debate's moderator, in an unsubtle jab.
But both Mr Brooks's subtle approach and Mr Gingrich's unsubtle one suffer from a shared weakness.
They take their opinions from talk-radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and the deeply unsubtle Sean Hannity.
It was two remarkable short videos on YouTube that put that learning on display in an unsubtle way.
That is an unsubtle reference to the fact that the state often knows exactly what the supposedly independent paramilitaries are up to.
Diesel advocates love to push the cost-of-ownership pencil, but I'm here to tell you, in the case of the Cayenne Diesel, the economics are horrible and unsubtle.
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Sometimes the leaps to get through the decades are unsubtle and you have to stop and quickly work out how old everyone is at each stage, but the weight of time on these people's backs is moving.
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