Word: tacitly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Officially, the U.S., which does not recognize the right of diplomatic missions to offer international sanctuary in the manner practiced so widely in Latin America,* has been fearful that the Communists might try to seize the cardinal by force. Last week's feeler was welcomed in Washington as tacit recognition by the Kadar government that U.S. protection has been effectively extended to the cardinal. Unless he gets official instructions from the Vatican to ask for a safe-conduct-which seems unlikely-Cardinal Mindszenty will probably stay on in his present haven indefinitely...
...prime example of how productivity can be boosted in a short time with such cooperation was demonstrated at Chrysler. More than a year ago, with sales sagging and 45,000 of its 130,000 production workers laid off, Chrysler retooled and modernized its production lines, got tacit approval from the U.A.W. to increase output per man. Today, with 110,000 workers, Chrysler is making almost as many cars as in 1955. But this has also brought protests from union locals against the "speedup." To bring pressure on the corporation for a change in production quotas, the U.A.W. last week ordered...
...Rule there cannot be which public approbation has not made so." Firm adherence to this principle must be reiterated occasionally. Mr. Lodge, from a large pulpit, has underscored the dogma in unequivocal terms. Such explicit assertion is essential, for illegality thrives upon that silence which is often interpreted as tacit assent...
Thirdly, there are numerous examples of boycotting or picketing individual theatres, or tacit agreements that certain films should not be shown. It is fair to say that a theatre owner has the right to show what he wants. But on the other hand, a movie as a work of art depends upon its exhibitors for its very life, and should have the same right of dissemination that printed literature has. If there is a substantial demand for a certain film, it should not be squelched by the disapproval of a minority, or even ideally, of a majority...
...Brazil's President Juscelino Kubitschek huddled with his Cabinet in a six-hour closed-door session one night last week. The urgent problem: what to do about the sudden emergence of a dubious, rabble-rousing political movement called the November Front, which had won the tacit support of one of the most powerful men in Brazil, War Minister Henrique Teixeira Lott...