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Word: unclear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Deletions in the transcript made the actual administration of the plan unclear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schwartz Claims 'I Wasn't Asked' For Help by CI4 | 2/12/1953 | See Source »

Three Rulers. Last week, the answer to Talal's question was still unclear. Abul Huda set up a three-man regency council to govern Jordan. The regency, Abul Huda said, would rule until Talal could return to his throne or until young Crown Prince Hussein becomes 18 next May. Hussein is now in school at Harrow (Churchill's alma mater) along with his cousin, King Feisal of Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JORDAN: The Unhappy King | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...best faculty people are there, in passport size. For seniors, the $9.50 investment is a worthwhile one; they will undoubtedly consult the book frequently in years to come. But even here there are inadequacies. Toward the end of the list of seniors in each House, it is unclear which name goes with which picture, and indeed the orders of the two are different in at least one case. Furthermore, there is really no excuse for as many spelling mistakes in names as actually appear, in a book carefully prepared as a permanent record. A look at the official Register would...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: 316 | 5/21/1952 | See Source »

...Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, arranged for two pianos, drew the loudest applause of the evening, but perhaps that was because Mr. Piston himself was at one of the pianos. The music's substance was unclear--the themes undistinctive, the dissonances meaningless, and the two-piano arrangement not wholly successful. The piece appeared to be little more than long, scale passages, and the composer must have intended more than that. However, Piston and Tucker both played zealously, and it appeared that they, if no one else, knew exactly what was going...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Music of Today | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...operating surgeon wears a throat microphone so that he can explain every cut and stitch. Another professor listens in with the students; if he thinks that anything is unclear, he can use his half of the two-way circuit to ask the operating surgeon to spell it out. On another circuit, a senior surgeon can give advice to the operator, unheard by the students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: It Keeps You Watching | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

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