This blatant conflict of interest would seem to make it impossible for the council to make any objective decision in the public interest.

Then three board members with blatant conflicts of interest did the honorable thing and resigned.

In part, the scientific community itself is to blame, thanks to research fraud and blatant conflicts of interest.

In his place, Judge Sentelle's panel appointed someone with not an apparent but a real and blatant conflict of interest.

What must be clear to anyone who reads even one article on the subject is the blatant conflict of interest involved.

Besides, it now was a blatant conflict of interest.

The 1,100-page report portrays a system wounded by mismanagement, loose fiscal policies and blatant conflicts of interest.

"That would be a blatant conflict of interest," Mr. Specter said.

However, they kept the Spiders as well--a blatant conflict of interest.

The auditors discussed the blatant conflict among themselves but did nothing to check it.