Word: tacit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...area of the Bekaa Valley that serves as a base for the pro-Iranian fanatics, have allowed the extremists fairly free rein. But Saudi Arabia bankrolls Syria to the tune of $1 billion a year, and Saudi diplomats have frequently acted as mediators in intra-Arab disputes. In tacit recognition of their status, Saudi diplomats had been exempt from the terror that has made victims of both Arabs and non-Arabs in Beirut. As the week passed, there was no further word on Farrash's fate...
According to Western and Israeli intelligence agencies, Syria gave at least tacit approval?and possibly more?to the Iranian
During the gala closing of the first act, Anything Goes, Reno leads the entire cast through an ambitious dance routine. When the troupe successfully executes a synchronized shuffle, Cobb musters the breath to call out. "Bet you didn't think we could do this." The relieved audience laughed in tacit agreement, but if the cast looked less surprised, the audience wouldn't need...
...idea that their nuclear weapons should be on the table in Geneva at; all the superpowers, they said, had no license to bargain over the independent deterrents of other countries. But to many West Europeans, Andropov's proposal sounded Like a major concession. It also amounted to a tacit admission that the Soviets already had a large excess...
...examine feminism after the Equal Rights Amendment fails? Why not social and racial issues near the first Martin Luther King Day? And why "family issues" now? Channel 7 suggests that the Kennedy legacy somehow represents a definite philosophy on all these themes. It would seem that Kennedy's tacit fondness for culture in the White House (Pablo Casals played there, remember) justifies a complete review of "the arts, entertainment and the media." Or perhaps Channel 7 just recognizes that the Kennedys make good television--they're young, glamorous, attractive, and rich. It seems safe to assume that brothers playing touch...