Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...transcript told a great deal about Kennedy's state of mind at the time of the accident. In a televised act of contrition a week after Chappaquiddick, the Senator was uncertain as to the length of time he spent trying to rescue Mary Jo and vague as to how long it took him to make his way back to the cottage where his friends were partying. By the time of the inquest, his memory had improved considerably. His testimony vividly described his and Mary Jo's struggles to get out of the overturned car and his own seemingly miraculous escape...
...over two years, since President Johnson moved to halt the bombing of North Vietnam. The war. a quiescent issue in recent months, is once again a matter of urgent public concern. The support which Nixon mustered for his ill-defined policies of Vietnamization and phased withdrawal is now uncertain. Many Americans, not merely those on college campuses, now feel that Nixon plans not to end the war but to extend it indefinitely, over more years and more Asian nations. It remains for the anti-war movement to determine how best to turn this reawakened public concern into public action...
...These local campaigns should attempt to link the war with other public concerns. pointing out, for example, that defense spending contributes to inflation. Within a framework of non-violent action. a number of local tactics are conceivable: working for anti-war candidates this fall, trying to bring Congressmen now uncertain about the war into the anti-war camp, and beginning stockholder campaigns and consumer boycotts against defense produces...
...short-and medium-range flights, most Eastern European lines fly Soviet aircraft, which are primarily designed for rapid conversion into military transports. The seats are uncomfortably narrow and invariably dusty. More often than not, seat belts refuse to fasten. Pressurization is weak and uncertain...
...uncertain yesterday whether a new grand jury could be sworn in to reopen the investigation of the accident. Kennedy had driven the car off the Dyke Road Bridge into a tidal pond, drowning the 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne...