Word: unsaid
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...disappointing thing about Mr. Stevenson's views lies not so much in what he says as in what he leaves unsaid. Almost all his opinions seem designed to fit neatly within the currently-accepted range of alternatives and to avoid any issues that might be too unorthodox politically. Thus he says virtually nothing about the segregation problem, and gives no definite idea of whether he, as President, would recognize Communist China or support its membership in the United Nations. Similarly, his views on "Medicine and Public Policy" stress the great need for improved service but fail even to consider...
...Words Unsaid. No one could ever find much to say about Clem Attlee: He never uttered a memorable phrase in his life...
...suggested that the big powers seek agreement on withdrawing their troops from Germany "with the exception of small contingents to be temporarily left behind": he left unsaid the usual Communist corollary that Germany must first be neutralized...
...audience left, Mr. Buckley probably felt as if he had developed a case of bursitis. Whatever other maladies the audience might have wished on him might better be left unsaid, since they are evidence of the liberal mind's intolerance toward ideas on the right...
...from industry seem to be the only answer to soaring educational costs. But fears that Mr. Pusey was repudiating this aid arise from a misreading of his message. Far from attacking business support, he was acknowledging the universities' dependence on it. Rather than expressing what had better been left unsaid, he was making a necessary and timely statement of first principles...