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...Fifty-four had been dismissed or suspended from their jobs. Others were on probation or under official censure. All, according to polls of public opinion, had received the tacit condemnation of their fellow citizens,” The Crimson reported...
...press secretary's job to "spin" - to take a set of facts, however unpleasant, and give them enough English to make the president look good. There is a tacit commerce in this: reporters and the press secretary agree on a set of facts and then quibble over their interpretation. In the process, the administration gets a hearing and the reporters get information. Fleischer did some spinning of the traditional sort, but his 28 months behind the podium are notable because he rewrote the rules of the exchange by virtually eliminating it. He shriveled the practice of imparting useful information...
...shuttered, including the venerable Peace Hotel, one of Shanghai's historic landmarks. Many jittery expats have sent their families home, while the much anticipated Women's World Cup soccer championship, for which matches had been scheduled in Shanghai this fall, has been moved out of China. And in a tacit admission that even the most careful of cities can't always escape, Shanghai is building extra SARS wards on the outskirts of town, in case there's a sudden overflow of patients...
...furry symbol of proliferation—let us consider more closely Lennie’s appeal to George: “Tell me ’bout the rabbits.…” This single poignant remark is nothing less than Steinbeck giving voice to the tacit cry of the reader, who in the process of reading this novel implicitly implores the author to “tell [him/her] ’bout the rabbits….” (emphasis added...
...publications rarely achieve such a unified articulation of their publishing philosophy, not only because they usually cede some editorial authority to sales and marketing departments, but also because they have not yet had time to think through the implications of their tacit intentions. On both points, DoubleTake drew on the advantages of its situation. Its funding came from the Lyndhurst Foundation, and its mission had been percolating in Coles’ mind throughout the four decades of his career...