Word: explicitness
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...although the ties--formal andinformal--Harvard establishes with its wealthieralumni are never made explicit, those links are acrucial factor in the University's spectacularsuccess in raising money...
Hardly any time elapses between the onset of a political scandal in Washington and the search for the smoking gun. No one is culpable until such explicit proof is found, and it hardly ever is: the cagey Washington player wipes off his fingerprints and heaves the weapon into the river...
Harvard currently has an "umbrella" policy on alcohol that attempts to respect students' right to privacy. No explicit rules exist for parties that stay private, but once a party exceeds a certain size or noise level, officials consider it "public" and may shut it down...
College administrators deny any explicit changes in policy, but acknowledge that they may be more conscious of alcohol-related disturbances...
American may also find an ally in Washington. Shaken by the upheavals at Northwest and United, which involved extensive foreign financing, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved a bill last week that would prevent any buyer from acquiring more than 25% of an airline without the explicit approval of the Commerce Secretary. When Senator Lloyd Bentsen learned of the attempt to buy American, the Texas Democrat prevailed on the Commerce committee to make the bill retroactive so that it would apply to the Trump bid. "The Congress must send a strong message that highly leveraged buyouts...