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Word: unclearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neutrals censor their mail. Thimayya said all right, if the other neutrals agreed, but "I asked them what we should do in the case of a letter from a man's wife who writes 'Oh, darling, please come home to me,' and they seemed a little unclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: It Is Inhuman | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

TIME'S Sept. 7 review of Maugham's Choice of Kipling's Best leaves unclear the reason why the Indian member of a polo team visiting the officers of another regiment (in The Man Who Was) ". . . could not, of course, eat with the mess." This might lead some readers to infer that it was because of British insularity or snobbishness. The reason was that the Indian officer's caste might be broken if he ate with nonbelievers in his religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

...leaving unclear whether the U.S., as a permanent member of the Security Council, would veto Red China's admission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Shadow of the Red Dragon | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Possibly, observed one West German critic sarcastically, the artists had just that in mind when they chose the colors for their paintings: "Many artists showed a preference for dark, unclear, almost dirty colors, for brown, earthlike tints, for lackluster, washed-out blues, greys, and for black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Red Posters | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Handlin, who agreed with Ciardi on the danger of orthodoxy in education, disagreed with his reason for this danger. He said, "As liberals, our role is primarily defensive. But we have not been clear as to what we ourselves have been unclear about and have been struggling...

Author: By William W. Bartley iii, | Title: Laski, Ciardi Tangle Over Limits on Free Expression | 4/11/1953 | See Source »

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