Word: tacitly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...coming man of national Democratic politics, says the Observer, is little-known Edward J. Flynn, boss of The Bronx. "Mystery man of Roosevelt's Black Chamber" is Frank C. Walker, until lately treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. "Together with Farley and Flynn, he is a tacit reminder that Roosevelt's strongest single element of strength is the Catholic Church. . . ." Observer casts his vote for "slickest politician in the Cabinet and probably in the entire country, Roosevelt alone excepted," to Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce...
...wrath of the industrialists who backed him as a safe bet to preserve their property; and it will moreover so burden the state's budget that it may force a cut in other expenditures dear to a demagogue's heart. The second choice will involve an admission, tacit or articulate, that he cannot accomplish what he set out to do, not even within a reasonable distance of success. I have no doubt that this bit of brazenness on Hitler's part will result in his having his paddles slapped by the automobile, steel, and coal industries, for such threats...
...highest calibre for our faculty, has birked the opportunity to secure any of the best thirty-one of twelve hundred German scholars, among them Nobel prize winners. This group of men was probably of the type named "creative scholars," of whom the University is by its own tacit admission so much in need...
...event of a war with the Soviet they would have to bear the moral condemnation of the other powers and of world opinion. This is a thing which they are most anxious to avoid both in order to justify themselves to their own people and to obtain the tacit support of the powers in order to accure foreign loans. So far their policy has brought about a condition which is almost exactly the opposite of that which they want. The obvious solution was to change this policy or rather to appear to change it; actually, their aims would remain just...
...which to catch his father, bring him to his knees. Though details are left vague, his scheme is ripe for success except for money. This he gets at the last minute from a one-armed Englishman, an even more sinister character than himself. Apparently part of their tacit understanding is that the Englishman shall marry Kit's sister-in-law, Beatrice, with whom Kit is more than a little in love. The scheme carries and Tycoon Abbott sues for mercy. To complete his revenge, Kit discovers that he has slept with his father's new wife, though both...