Word: unclearly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...source said it was unclear whether the guerrillas had slipped out of the hotel, or were still inside. The rebels may have left behind mines or booby-traps, he said...
...military terms, the impact of lifting the cease-fire remains unclear. Throughout the cease-fire, government troops continued to break up the contras' support network in the provinces, and rebels staged sporadic attacks against the army. Now those occasional engagements could escalate. At least 2,000 contra guerrillas are inside Nicaragua, and there is little doubt that more have been infiltrating the country during recent weeks. On Friday the Sandinista army said it had begun offensive operations against the rebels in nine of the country's 16 provinces...
...unclear how much power any such groupwould have because the constitution guarantees theleading role of the Communist Party. Krenz hassaid the Communists' role is not a matter ofdebate...
Controversy centers on the possibility that security guards now posted at the gates, members of the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Local 254, will be replaced by parking "monitors" from the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). It remains unclear why the transfer would take place...
...thing, and sometimes must do it -- the assassination ban can be seen as an unhealthy expression of national naivete, or as a healthy expression of a national ideal that can't always be met in practice. Even from the latter point of view, though, its practical effect is unclear. Does this hypocritical ban on killing in the national interest make actual killing harder? Or easier, by allowing us to "do that kind of thing" while preening that we really don't? I'm not sure. Removing the most surgical tool of war does make the resort to war more difficult...