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...blatant aggression. About 200,000 East Timorese were killed because of the invasion, either in military conflict or as a result of the starvation and disease caused by Indonesia's savage policies. The occupation was greeted not by vociferous protest by the United States, but with tacit assent at the highest levels of the American government. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50 assured our ally, Indonesia, that the U.S. would not contest nor attempt to rollback its illegal annexation...
Although most comments were polite, tension seemed tacit in much of the discussion that followed the presentation by W. Easley Hammer, the Cambridge architect handling the project...
...parents' warnings did make a difference. Parents who talked about their flower-child days and getting wasted at Woodstock seemed to give tacit consent by fondly relating their experiences. They didn't want to be hypocrites, and their children tended to go further because they felt no guilt. They were the kids who took bong hits instead of seminars...
Despite the FDA's tacit green light, drugmakers are not likely to apply for formal approval. Wyeth-Ayerst, the largest U.S. producer of oral contraceptives, has no plans to market such pills or even include emergency contraceptive instructions on its current products. The real problem, rather than any political fallout, says Wyeth spokeswoman Audrey Ashby, is the risk of getting bogged down in costly product-liability suits...
...performance is seamless, and it seems inconceivable that she could be anything other than the squinting, mouthbreathing girl she portrays. Her dead-pan performance means that her Dawn is tough, not easily crushed by the blows she keeps facing. The resiliency of the developing spirit is thus a tacit message of the film. Bredan Sexton Jr brings out the tender helplessness of a character that could otherwise seem downright evil, while not overplaying the "sensitive" card. Both these young actors deserve praise for the delicate, sophisticated balance and naturalism they bring to their roles, especially when juxtaposed against a supporting...