Word: unspoken
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When students from different backgrounds do spend time together socially, students say there is often an underlying, unspoken tension...
There was an unspoken but unmistakable message from Clinton to both East Asian nations and Republican critics: See, I am not soft on China. I know its military buildup is worrying neighbors that need us to stay there as a counterweight. And we can't take a firm line with China or North Korea without cementing our Japanese alliance. Trade? Clinton mentioned it only to claim credit for some encouraging trends. U.S. exports to Japan are up 85% in sectors such as cellular phones, where the Administration applied pressure. But the overall increase of 35% owes much to economic forces...
...have never seen a genuine, sustained shortage of engineers or scientists in this country. However, I have seen corporate-financed propaganda campaigns with dire predictions of America's coming shortage of high-tech workers and of the need for some drastic government action to increase the supply. The unspoken aim is to create enough of a surplus so that American engineers and scientists will be forced to settle for modest salaries and benefits. DONALD A. RYAN Salinas, California
...think to a certain extent, in this case, a lot of people were upset with the things I said in the statement," said Malone, adding that he thinks the "unspoken policy" cited by Landry is in conflict with the CSA's constitution...
...second act, the action picks up. All the quiet tensions that had been unspoken begin to scream for attention. Secrets that August had been keeping about the mound and the next summer's dig are revealed much to the changrin of the rest of the characters. Chad learns about Jean's pregnancy, and subsequently drifts into insanity, screaming about how he and Cynthia have been sleeping together. The play concludes with Jean sobbing over Chad's murder of her husband and his own subsequent suicide. August is left sadly looking at his slides and the remnants of six shattered lives...