Word: tacit
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...energy that comes only with proximity to mortality. An artist considerate of his or her audience composes these moments with a precise and practiced eye, unearthing images of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks without forcing us to relive the horrific experience in its protracted entirety. The violation of this tacit standard of acceptable length both endows Oliver Stone’s recent film “World Trade Center” with tremendous emotional force and casts it as an excruciating exercise in emotional and sensory masochism. The film depicts the “true life events?...
...We’ve reached a delicate balance of shallow non-conversation in the house, a tacit accord. We understand each other—I think...
...example, Cordingly argues that Sir Francis Drake almost single-handedly jump-started the rise of British naval supremacy because he was more or less a sneaky pirate bastard who repeatedly stole everything he could from the Spanish armada with tacit British approval...
...balance between Pakistan's all-important cooperation in the war on al-Qaeda and its support, whether active or tacit, for the Taliban in Afghanistan neatly sums up the deadly game played by Musharraf ever since 9/11. Pakistan had nurtured the Taliban in the early '90s, and then actively helped it fight its way to power in Kabul. Not only was there a natural affinity between the ethnic Pashtun movement and Pakistan's own Pashtun communities in the westernmost provinces that had helped support the Afghan anti-Soviet jihad, but Pakistan saw the Taliban as a protector...
...head of state, while the spokesman promised that a new caretaker Prime Minister would be named. (Cavalry regiment soldiers stationed by Government House had yellow ribbons, a color associated with the monarchy, tied to their uniforms and rifles in an apparent signal that the coup enjoyed the King's tacit support.) By 3 a.m., TV announcers had declared Wednesday a holiday for most citizens, while civil servants were asked to report to military bases...