Word: unclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That was no exaggeration. For one thing, it is unclear whether Hanoi regards the forthcoming meeting as a propaganda ploy, a purely procedural preliminary to wider talks?or something more. In the past, the North Vietnamese have insisted that this round of parleys be held to resolve one issue and one issue only: whether the U.S. intends to call a complete, unconditional halt to its bombing of the North. Only after Washington agrees to do so, Hanoi has persistently maintained, will it then go on to formal negotiations with a full agenda. But in its note to Washington last week...
...receptive the Economics Department is to courses on black Africa is unclear. Richard Caves, chairman of the Department, feels that regional study courses would not significantly contribute to a student's understanding of economics. "As you look at economics," he states, "you have to ask if sub-Sahara Africa is important...
...guarantee that the followers will tag along with the leaders. In fact, conservative Southerners, union members, and black Americans of all classes--to take three blocs--are likely to split their vote this year without regard to the positions staked out by their leaders. More important, perhaps, it is unclear that the so-called leaders Humphrey has rallied to his banner can be considered political powers any more...
...unsatisfied demand for medical attention) will be instructive to watch. One informed source said of the 25 potential associates, "They are universally frightened of the birth control issue." Whether this fear is one of patient reprisal in a heavily Catholic area or the prejudice of the physician is unclear...
Without a solid physical structure to support it, the Lowell House production gambles all on the writing, and loses. The play itself bears little resemblance to anything one associates with the dramatic. Bogged down in an awkward effort to tie the plot to some unclear philosophical scheme, the first act is smothered to death by an endless procession of ponderous lines loaded with unsubtle metaphysical overtones. The story and even the identity of some of the characters remain pretty much in the dark. The dialogue, such as it is, is so poorly organized that each scene can produce little more...