Word: unclearly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...felt that the Times was about to break the laws relating to classified documents, and may also have been concerned about a possible threat to national security. In the end the firm decided not to inform the Government. The legal question has yet to be resolved; it is still unclear whether the Times actually violated any law (TIME, July...
Things Don't Work. Overall, the encounter between Nader's Raiders and the Citibankers was an instance of two cultures meeting and being unable to communicate. In making loans today, the American banker is under pressure to seek more than profit and security, but it is still unclear just how far society-and the stockholders-expect him to depart from those traditional goals. Should he favor the poor borrower over the rich one? The black over the white? The local community over the far-off one? And who is to decide? The Raiders believe that, for example...
...Supreme Court's great tasks is moderation, the accommodation of rival interests and especially so in a nation undergoing explosive social change. Unless decisions are explained with sufficient care, lower courts may be unclear about the broad principles they are supposed to apply in particular cases. When the Supreme Court scants reason in favor of mere results, says Stanford's Gerald Gunther, a decision may be "valid only as long as you have a majority of five votes. As the reasons get weaker, a later judge is freer to follow his own likes and dislikes. A decision...
...Sheriff's only duty at Commencement is to reply to the Marshal's cry, "Sheriff, pray give us order," by rapping his sword three times on the platform and crying, "Let the meeting be in order." It is unclear what Buckley will use to strike the platform in lien of his sword...
Dunlop's ultimate decision about the timing of May's departure-which seems inevitable-is unclear now, but Administration sources say Bok wants May to ride out the first term of his administration...