Word: tacit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...greater part of its history the U. S. has lived under the umbrella of protection provided by the British Fleet. Until World War I the U. S. never attempted to claim naval parity and by that time was thoroughly satisfied with a century-old tacit understanding which made the two fleets not rivals but complements of each other...
Third strike and out on Mr. Taylor-the Catholic Church's tacit participation in the spoils of Fascist victory-last week became a distinct possibility. To Il Duce went a telegram from 30 Italian Bishops, urging him to crown "the unfailing victory of our Army" by planting the Italian flag over Jerusalem. In England, the Manchester Guardian reported that the Axis powers plan to turn Palestine over to the jurisdiction of the Vatican and transport Palestine's Jewish population to Ethiopia...
Obviously, all democracy is based upon some curtailment of personal liberty. Certain general assumptions, certain tacit agreements are necessary as a working hypothesis before any people can govern itself. It may be that we will have to broaden the base of these assumptions in order to establish a more vigorous, functioning, cooperative society. It may be that we will have to consent to a loss of some personal liberties in order to preserve the basic liberty of choosing those who are to govern. We need men now who do not fear change and do not count the bookkeeping cost...
Blasting Russia's aggression against Finland, Thomas explained that his refusal to speak on the same program with Quill was purely on the grounds of the labor leader's "tacit acceptance" of the Hitler-Stalin pact...
Union Now. So anxious are the small nations of Europe to stay at peace and keep what trade they have, that by last fortnight the way had been prepared for a tacit European federation-embracing all but the Allies, the Low Countries, and Turkey. Undemocratic, a brotherhood of fear, it represented the antithesis of what the democracies hope will emerge from the war, and had in it the seeds of defeat for the Allies. The Balkan nations had little choice in the matter. The great cereal bowl of the Danube sends Germany in peacetime some 50% of its produce...