Word: explicitness
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Recently I discovered two 19th century directives from Washington to American diplomats in the field. In one, "The U.S. claims no right to inquire into, or to interfere with the internal affairs of other powers." The second is more explicit. "It is impossible that you can reform either the morals or the politics of Peru, and as this is no part of your mission you ought to take its institutions and its people just as you find them." The first instructions went in 1844 from Acting Secretary of State Richard K. Cralle to John A. Bryan, U.S. charge...
...both bases, the Salvadorans will receive full and explicit instructions on how the U.S. Army expects its own soldiers to behave toward civilians. That, of course, includes prohibitions against massacre, but other strictures deal with the proper treatment of prisoners and noncombatants. U.S. rules of military conduct spell out internationally accepted standards in even greater detail. The instruction could eventually make important improvements in the country's grim human rights record. According to a U.S. Army spokesman, the Salvadorans are "very sensitive to this issue. It is a topic of conversation to them, as well as a topic...
...containing all the musical intervals, but still has room for such disparate elements as Gregorian chant, Bach chorales and, during a dance number, an anachronistic rock band. Each of the scenes in the opera's four acts is organized according to a musical genre: chaconne, toccata, ricercar-another explicit resemblance to Wozzeck...
King aides insist that the proximity with the caucuses was coincidental, insisting that the ads were designed to "educate the public" about the governor's recent state of the state and budget messages. Dukakis strategists matter-of-factly cite direct attacks on their candidate and no explicit mention of either of the speeches...
...Eurocommunists may well try to increase their links with left-wing socialists. On such key issues as the deployment of the neutron bomb and U.S. intermediate-range missiles, the Eurocommunist position is already closely allied with those of Northern European pacifists. A more explicit alliance, says French Political Scientist Hassner, could give a boost to what he calls "Euroneutralism." Says Hassner: "It is true that the Eurocommunists are not on the Soviet side, but they are not on the NATO side either." By any other name, and in any other form, the Eurocommunists would still cause concern in the capitals...