The banks' implicit acknowledgment that impoverished nations will never repay their loans in full could open the way to realistic settlements.

I felt his anger draining with my implicit acknowledgment of his superiority.

This shift, with its implicit acknowledgment of the country's multiethnic makeup, seems likely, over time, to alter Germany's self-image.

It was an innovative move, but it was also an implicit acknowledgment that the unions no longer had the power to force a favorable settlement.

The novel move is an implicit acknowledgment that Mr. Gore still has difficulty conveying his humanity to voters.

But yesterday's moves were an implicit acknowledgment of criticism that they were not the ones to lead a turnaround at Citigroup.

But the curious choice of words-let us agree-was an implicit acknowledgment that Gorramini had sworn the blood oath, also.

But in her next comment was an implicit acknowledgment that the direct flights, which are likely to increase American traffic to the island, could also shape history.

But other delegates said there had been an implicit acknowledgment by American and Kuwaiti officials that the use of force seemed ever more likely.

It was an implicit acknowledgment of a long-running complaint: After militants are arrested, the police say, the intelligence agency then orders some to be freed.