Word: tacitly
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...some propaganda at a time when the dollar was having its troubles. Actually, ten old rubles were assigned a gold value of 2.22168 grams, and each new ruble is said to be backed by .987412 grams of gold, so in fact the ruble has been devalued by 50%-a tacit admission that the old official exchange rate of four to $1 was wildly unrealistic...
Running Time. De Gaulle's solution may not suit everybody, but to most Frenchmen it seems to be the only one with a chance of success. At the United Nations, in tacit recognition of De Gaulle's obvious good intentions, France's former colonies in Africa and its Western allies united to defeat the demand for an Algerian referendum on self-determination held under U.N. auspices...
...mystique surrounding Harvard education rests on a tacit agreement that none shall inspire too closely just how the College changes schoolboys into Harvard men: the mystery must be preserved to maintain the power of Harvard's uniquely successful system...
Only the United Nations offers the slimmest hope. Apparently torn between NATO allies and the neutrals, the U.S. is really forced to choose among continued tacit support of a patently hopeless program, open support of such a program, or commitment to the UN. The chance is open to establish the international organization not only as a force of order, as in the Congo, but as an effective mediator...
...Tape. Hurriedly contacting U.N. officials in Leopoldville. he got tacit agreement to his plan, then rounded up two dissident members of Lumumba's Cabinet to join him in the plot. As night fell, he quietly went to the studios of Radio Leopoldville to deliver his message to the nation, carefully tape-recording his words 20 minutes in advance so he could get away before they were broadcast...