Word: unclear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...majority rule in Zimbabwe. The issue that remains is the form that government will take. Muzorewa and Sithole seem willing to settle for a capitalist structure allowing U.S. and other multinationals to retain their control of Rhodesia's economy. While the ideology of the Patriotic Front is a little unclear, it seems at the moment to be heading in a socialist direction. The Front has accepted support from the Soviet Union, but without some support the freedom fighters could not hope to overthrow the white regime. And the U.S. is not likely to permit the Front to nationalize American businesses...
...realities are that Israel still occupies Arab territory and it is still unclear whether Israel has made a definite choice between peace or continued occupation. Both are impossible. Militarily, Israel is stronger than it has ever been, whereas the same cannot be said of her neighbors, even compared with 1973. Israel must evolve a new courage to break away from the fortress mentality to a willingness to take a gamble on peace...
Shapiro said his plans for the future are unclear. He may teach English in Taiwan, work on a ranch in Wyoming and apply to some schools in California, he said...
What triggered these changes, however, remains unclear. Namias notes that water temperatures in the Pacific rose a few degrees higher than normal last fall off the west coast of North America, while dropping off in midocean. He believes that these temperature shifts influence the winds and determine the course of storms that work their way up to the jet-stream level. Harry Geise, a California meteorologist, blames the storms and frigid temperatures on a high-pressure zone of warm air hovering off the country's Pacific coast and sometimes shifting over land...
...audience uncomfortable with a sketch that involves a humiliating striptease by a skinny ballerina and two fat women. The final shot of the film reveals that the members of the audience, who have been shouting "Take it off!" to the women on stage, have also exposed themselves. It is unclear exactly who or what is the object of Goldman's bitter attack--besides the viewers of the film...