Word: unsaid
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...geopolitics of the Taiwan Strait is a delicate balancing act between Taiwan, China and the U.S. What's said and unsaid can either generate harmony (or at least a temporary truce in the continual war of words between Taipei and Beijing), or friction, or at worst outright conflict. In this complex triangular relationship, Washington is in the most awkward position. It has a "one China" policy but is obligated by its Taiwan Relations Act to come to the island's defense if Taiwan is attacked by the Chinese military. Indeed, in 1996, Washington dispatched two aircraft carriers to the waters...
...times, you cannot come up with the reasons. your tongue hesitates and your mind draws a blank. silence... runs... through, not because there aren’t any answers, but because your mind lacks the ability to verbalize unadulterated, unsaid truths. you can only feel, and perhaps show, but cannot tell. silence, filling the space between us, cradling us in its arms. with eyes closed, and minds open, the truths begin to flow...
...Edward Seidensticker) into English. Royall Tyler's new translation (Viking; 1,174 pages) is a genuine labor of love, and makes a special virtue of attending to a certain ceremonial indirectness in the way the characters address one another. The great temptation for a translator is to say the unsaid things, and Tyler never gives...
...never have been indicted. But deep, negative stereotypes exist about American military men, too. Locals insist that soldiers act here in ways they never would at home. They blame the effects of battle training, coupled with upbringing in rough areas and poor education. And though it's left unsaid, it's hard to believe they think race plays no role. "When a suspect is black and from the military, people here assume he must be guilty," says lawyer Eddie-Callagain, who is also black. "Meanwhile, whenever something happens, the rest of us think: oh, please...
...that the scandal-trained media had ignored the story before. It was July 4 week, with its congressional recess and all-around dearth of news, that marked the Condit tale's ascendancy into the tier just below Monica and O.J. and Jon-Benet. But there was still more unsaid than said, some restraint in the airwaves. Condit's leaked admission was the cutting of the leash...