Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which means that a walk-on named JimBryant will be in charge of the U Mass offense forat least the first several games of the year. Andthat turns a very rosy offensive picture into avery uncertain...
...which means that a walk-on named Jim Bryant will be in charge of the UMass offense for at least the first several games of the year. And that turns a very rosy offensive picture into a very uncertain...
...usual, even the identity and motivation of the terrorists involved were uncertain, though there was little doubt that they were Palestinian. One of the gunmen shouted to journalists as he was led away by police, "I am a Palestinian commando!" But in the crazy-quilt language of contemporary terrorism, that still left a lot unexplained. Early in the course of the hijacking, an anonymous Arab called a Western news agency office in Nicosia, Cyprus, and claimed responsibility for the Libyan Revolutionary Cells, a previously unknown group. Denials came almost instantaneously from Radio Tripoli and from Gaddafi, who was attending...
...terrorists demanded they be flown to the eastern Mediterranean island, the Cypriot government announced that the jumbo jet would not be allowed to land there. Whether the Cypriots would have remained firm in their resolve if the Pan Am plane had arrived in their air space is uncertain. "But fortunately," sighed one relieved Cypriot official, "our will was not put to the test...
Townsend seems uncertain about how much to rely on her famous name. "People are electing Kathleen Townsend," she says. Then she corrects herself. "They are electing Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. I don't intend to hide the fact that I'm a Kennedy." While her posters promote her as Kathleen Townsend, her literature uses all three names. Townsend has been accused of carpetbagging, even though her husband grew up in the district and teaches nearby. When Republicans complain that she is a newcomer, she replies with a humor and bite characteristic of her late father, "The Republicans, of all people, should...