Word: implicit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unresolved question of Palestinian representation at the bargaining table remains the most formidable obstacle to a conference on the Middle East. One possible compromise has the P.L.O. attending Geneva as part of a single Arab delegation; another scheme sees the conference opening without the P.L.O. but with the implicit understanding that the delegates would devise a formula allowing eventual P.L.O. participation. Before leaving, Vance endorsed the "legitimate interests of the Palestinian people." U.S. support of these interests almost certainly depends on the willingness of the P.L.O. to soften its stand toward Israel, for Vance has warned that "it is difficult...
...analysis is condescending in his implicit assumption that business school graduates gain nothing from their training that liberal arts graduates do not already have...
Thus concludes the "Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities" voted on April 10, 1970 by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Implicit in it is basic equality for all members of the University in "free expression, free inquiry, intellectual honesty, respect for the dignity of others, and openness to constructive change." (Ibid.) Self-determination and self-governance are the guarantors of such equal freedom, and the machinery set up to protect the University community from disruption of its members' academic pursuits should reflect these qualities. People's rights are best protected when they themselves participate in the government established for them...
...Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, the body constituted to enforce the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, subverts this implicit equality. First, its disciplinary authority is limited to "cases involving student violations." ("Committee on Rights and Responsibilities," December 15, 1976, p. 1) In cases against Faculty members or administrators it serves only as an advisory body, with only its Faculty members participating. Second, its composition favors Faculty opinion over students' by a seven to six majority, destroying the sense of equality implied in the Resolution. Third, the Faculty members of the committee are elected by the Faculty, while student members...
...arms and technicians in Iran. Continued sales of sophisticated U.S. weapons will require an even larger commitment of U.S. advisers over the next few years. As the Senate Subcommittee report points out, these men could easily be drawn into a conflict in that troubled area--with the implicit support of the U.S. government...