But I have started to worry that, by being so calm and clinical, we may be tacitly sending the message that this isn't really an existential emergency after all.
Now that the Islamists have taken over the Quneitra crossing, the Israeli government may be tacitly approving of Mr Assad's bombing of rebel positions inside the narrow demilitarised zone.
"Writing workshops to reflect on their life, a sunrise hike where students get up at 4 or 5 o'clock and walk to Mount Skinner and watch the sun rise — is that a religious program?" Deciding to supervise more hikes and less preaching of the Word, Dr. Walters may be tacitly admitting that a school administration is not suited to be the sole custodian of its students' faith.
This was funny because while pot may be tacitly legal here, good taste suggests you ought to be slightly more discreet.
Recognition of sex as a means of building stronger alliances may be tacitly accepted, and this would avoid the huge expenditure currently borne by the U.S. military in its efforts to investigate and dismiss homosexuals from its ranks.
Basically, it's the same thing as Scalia not knowing anyone gay, and it may even be worse: In staying closeted to Scalia, these people may be tacitly sending him a message that homosexuality is something shameful that one should keep to oneself, or something that one should be afraid to speak about.
This suggests psychological needs may be tacitly embedded in comments regarding relationships in the social domain.
Their reserve may be a tacit admission that the transition to digital television remains plagued with problems whose solutions are not in immediate sight.
A key factor in passing public health legislation may be the tacit agreement among participants in the policy making process that a particular policy question is one that should be informed by scientific evidence rather than based exclusively on political, economic, or ideological concerns.
While org charts may be explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge is the core of all organizations.
