The unstated premise is that people in, say, Minneapolis deserve the chance to attend a major league game more than people in Charlotte do.

United States foreign policy is based on the unstated premise that we have the imperial right to intervene, politically and militarily, anywhere in the world, and not just under the Monroe Doctrine.

Indeed, some younger writers resent this equation, which they believe is an unstated premise of much of the foreign criticism, as a personal insult.

He chose not to proceed with the felony charges despite the fact the prosecution was based wholly on the unstated premise that Adolph Beck and John Smith were the same person.

The unstated premise was that the surviving brother would be king.

The couple, a living tribute to the unstated premise of the dance clubs, met at Jimmy Reid's last December.

The unstated moral premise in much of this historical fencing is this: the right decision would have been what brought victory with the least loss of life.

The unstated premise is that breaking the law (or the wrong) is justified, as long as the other party also does so.

Be warned that this approach has an unstated premise, namely that the list covers all of the possibilities.

That is the unstated premise of the new Israeli Government's condemnation of the American dialogue with the P.L.O. and of all that has followed.