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Committing to a split today would be a tacit admission that Qatar backed the wrong side for 30 years.

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This is a tacit admission that after whatever emerges from the Budget, everyone would benefit from a period of stability, and that has not been the case over the past year.

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But it's perhaps a tacit acknowledgment that Labour really do have to fight to stay in power after more than a century of hoovering up votes and domination in Welsh politics.

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The San José double murder took place over three hours, with the tacit cooperation of a California governor, numerous state and city officials and various civic leaders.

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Outposts are illegal under both international and Israeli law, but they receive tacit approval from Netanyahu's government as well as state support in the form of roads, security and utilities.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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