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Word: implicitly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...January it reported that for the first time in more than a century the proportion of black Americans living in the South had taken an upward climb: 56% lived in the region in 1988, up from 52% in 1980. More important than the number of blacks, however, is the implicit indictment of the North and the redemption of the South contained in this black to-and-fro. "What's unusual is that they were immigrants to another country in a real sense, and ordinarily, immigrants don't go back to the old country to stay," says Lemann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: You Can Go Home Again | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...much explicit sexuality. Too much implicit innuendo. Too much immorality. Too much controversy. Free expression is fine and dandy, MTV officials explained, but this time, Madonna has gone too far. At least that's what our advertisers tell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MTV, Don't Preach | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...explicit sexuality goes, it's pretty tame. A nipple here, a nuzzle there--we're not talking hard-core pornography. As far as implicit innuendo goes, there's nothing too shocking, either. A bisexual fantasy here, an S&M fantasy there--fantasies about consenting adults never hurt anyone, not even Rev. Wildmon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MTV, Don't Preach | 12/11/1990 | See Source »

...reason is that the movement is young, and the meaning of environmentalism is changing in subtle and profound ways. Not so long ago, "old thinking" had the environment tucked away in parks and rural areas, an amenity for the relatively affluent to appreciate on weekends. Implicit in this attitude was the idea that ecology was irrelevant to businessmen and policymakers concerned with the real issues of the day and that mankind could somehow get along without focusing on the environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Literary Guides to Turning Green | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...edged away from the central demand: Iraq must get out of Kuwait. But whether, and to what extent, the other members will continue to back American ideas on how to achieve that goal -- especially as Washington comes closer and closer to converting what has always been an implicit threat of war to a very explicit one -- remains uncertain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf It's All in the Wording | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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