Word: explicitness
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...Menachem Begin summarily rejected the plan, the U.S. has placed its hopes on King Hussein. If he would announce his intention to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians, Washington reasons, Israel could be persuaded to participate. But Hussein is unlikely to make such a commitment without Arafat's explicit backing...
...with the more detached, sardonic skits which are this film's major departure from previous technique. The knack for inspired nonsense remains--no other sensibility could mock Catholicism through the spectacle of rows of nuns. Busby-Berkeley-style, caroling that "Every sperm is sacred." But the addition of an explicit theme quiets the ridiculous proceedings somewhat, leading the film to a previously avoided mass-appeal glossiness. Distributed through Universal Pictures, Meaning of Life is the first Python film wholly backed by a major concern and released smack into the American commercial mainstream. The difference, which shows subtly in the film...
...worst examples of Harvard's bad faith have come in the last two years. In 1982, the Corporation quietly moved to rescind its ban on investing in banks loaning directly to the South African government, in an explicit violation of one of Bok's promises of 1978. It took several student marches, and an angry open meeting with the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), to force the Corporation to back down. The core of Bok's 1978 defense lay in the "Sullivan Principles" for corporate behavior in South Africa. Bok pointed to this set of token reforms, like integrated...
Complicating matters for the Administration is the fact that the Salvadoran insurgents have repeatedly said they are willing to negotiate. The most explicit offer came last October, when Guillermo Manuel Ungo, president of the Revolutionary Democratic Front, a group of five leftist parties now allied with the guerrillas, offered "unconditional" discussions with the Reagan Administration in order...
...wishes he had said April 1, or May 1, or God knows when." Nonetheless, Hussein is known to be deeply worried about the rapid pace of Israeli colonization of the West Bank. He may yet decide that he must make a move without waiting for explicit P.L.O. backing...