tacit assent

But she didn't seem inclined to want to stop them, so Nan took that as tacit assent.

The Palestinians contend that the settlers are doing so with the tacit assent of both the old and new governments.

That was his law which for many generations had been followed and respected by his class with the tacit assent of the nation.

The heir, Alexander, gave his tacit assent, but with the assurance that his father would not be harmed.

Perhaps it will be urged, that the tacit assent of their minds agrees to what their practice contradicts.

Dorrin hopes her comment is tacit assent.

But the official conceded that members of Congress were not told that in April 1994, the Administration had given its tacit assent to the deliveries.

The Bush administration seems to have given its tacit assent, and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, is finally on board.

How could she blame him for acts which he had repeatedly defended in her presence and with her tacit assent, on principles that warranted this or any other villainy?

But it seemed unlikely that the action would have been taken unless Mr. Mandela's lawyers had warned him and sought his tacit assent for the sake of the anti-apartheid movement.

Peter W. Galbraith, the American Ambassador to Croatia, was sent to the Serb-held city of Knin to get the Serbs' tacit assent, State Department officials said.

With the tacit assent of the Government, if not that of the largely independent but little-tested Islamic courts, banks would then lend the money at prevailing world interest rates, calling the charges fees, services or commissions.

I said that it is governments which make wars and prepare for wars, but obviously it is not governments alone - the power of a government, even the most absolute dictatorship, depends on the tacit assent of the governed.

Months later, Hussein gave his tacit assent as Palestine Liberation Organization militias, many led by the radical leaders George Habash and Nayef Hawatmeh, began using Jordan as a base for guerrilla and terrorist operations.

By the time the Administration gave its tacit assent to Iranian arms shipments into Bosnia and Herzegovina, weapons already were flowing from Teheran to the Government in Sarajevo, Anthony Lake, President Clinton's national security adviser, said today.