Word: unclear
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...unclear why someone with Redstone's acumen had labored to produce such a tentative bid. Diller thought so little of Redstone's counter that he vowed QVC would simply stand pat, which was tantamount to a claim of victory. Nor was it clear why Huizenga, whose extraordinarily successful Blockbuster has been on a prodigious buying spree of its own for the past year, would cede control of his own company. Huizenga, a clever and willful entrepreneur who had built the company into not only the largest retailer of home videos and Hollywood's largest single customer but also the majority...
Jones, who founded Highlands in 1959, was reportedly trying to sell it for $30 million before he donated a portion of it to Harvard, according to Aspen Magazine. It is unclear how large Harvard's stake in the resort...
...officials and our politics. People seemed to have resolved the issue of whether a clearly flawed man can be President when they elected Clinton last year. Yet our continuing interest in the tales of Clinton's extramarital activities shows that the line between personal morality and politics is still unclear. If people had a clearer idea of the distinction between morality and politics, newspapers and public forums would be forced to stop playing self-deluding games that eclipse issues of political importance...
...weakness. The primary reason offered by U.S. officials for keeping the East Europeans out of NATO is the fear of provoking Russia's nationalists at Yeltsin's expense. Yeltsin endorsed NATO expansion last August, but Russia's military, to which he is clearly beholden, forced a retreat. It is unclear whether Moscow's generals are seriously worried about Western encirclement or want to preserve the option of reclaiming the nations Mikhail Gorbachev set free five years ago. But the effect is the same: Yeltsin now says enlarging NATO would be a hostile act. "We haven't a clue what that...
...studying chem--Chem 10. I have an exam Monday," said Khoa P. Le '97. "I needed a break." Looking for some serious diversion, Le had hung mistletoe from the brim of his baseball cap. It is unclear whether the mistletoe helped him with his chemistry...