Word: unclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plot, on the whole, is hopelessly confused. With several critical but racy factors in the novel (like pornography, homosexuality, and nymphomania) censored out of the screenplay, much of the motivation in the movie becomes grossly unclear, and Marlowe's deductive sequence is damn near impossible to follow. But all that doesn't really matter, since witty dialogue and unflinching violence would be the film's outstanding features even if the plot made sense...
...think there is a difference between the two statements. The way I was quoted makes my statement appear both unclear and misleading, as if I had suggested that subcultures can be best described by four letter words or that all subcultures are characterized by the use of such. Neither of these suggestions would have been correct or relevant and I did not make either of them. Paul Hollander Assistant Professor of Sociology
Effects on creativity are unclear. LSD subjects create what seem to be masterpieces or make momentous discoveries that are later seen as commonplace or nonsensical. But those who are by nature creative may get a fillip to their creativity through the sense of release from narrow, binding reality. As for whether hallucinogens might be used to establish mind control over the masses, Dr. Cohen dismisses this as a bogy. But he is deeply concerned over the possible use of such drugs in chemical warfare...
...addition, Epps pointed out, the Federal regulations governing the act and defining its contractual obligations are still unclear...
...requirement in the antipoverty law is so vaguely worded, it believes, that it is unclear whether affidavits would have to be signed by all students who receive funds in a work-study program or only by the president of the institution that administers the funds...