Word: unclear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However the Corporation, and particularly President Bok, continued through this period to reject the idea of Harvard divesting from companies that do business in South Africa. Though Bok was and is clearly and firmly opposed to apartheid, he claimed it was unclear whether or not the presence of American companies in South Africa was a bad thing. Bok's comments in the spring of 1978 that seemed to defend the idea of American investment in South Africa were quoted in newspapers like the Johannesburg Star and the Rand Daily Mail as the official opinion of Harvard University. The student movement...
...have problems. Opposition parties are threatening a boycott unless the government lifts the current state of emergency, which allows the Sandinistas to control both the press and the army. Ortega announced that the opposition would be given equal media time and access to government funding, but it is still unclear exactly how freely it will be alc lowed to function. Junta Member Carlos Nuñez, wary of the boycott threat, hinted that the government might consider lifting the emergency law as early as April...
...write about killings, as he does it in the pieces collected here, is a touchy matter. The author's franchise is broad but unclear. A newspaper routinely covers the murders in its area if the central characters are celebrated or the crimes gaudy, and offers a selection of corpses from afar if both conditions are met. Duty requires this; the news must be reported, however disgustingly fascinating. Trillin is under no such absolving obligation...
...consistency sacrifices mature tutor discretion and compromises the student evaluation process. A letter writer cannot accurately describe a student if he is denied control over the letter's content. If students have exhibited violent or unethical behavior, tutors may candidly note it in the letters. But it remains unclear how lighting a firecracker in the Yard during freshman week reflects upon an individual's potential as a lawyer or doctor. The incident might be noted nonetheless. And where it is uncertain whether to include the incident, tutors who are usually in subordinate positions, will include them more often than...
...education officials have said they are unclear if the Court's ruling in Grove City v. Bell will have the broad impact suggested by some...