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Word: unclearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether students want to change Harvard's calendar is unclear, according to the results of a poll by the Undergraduate Council (UC) last year...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Harvard's Exam Schedule: Why We're Still Here | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

...Tehran is not of the war, it is about Khomeini's successor. The Ayatullah now plays no visible role in public life. By most accounts, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 52, the pragmatic Speaker of the Parliament, is the leading candidate to take over. At this point, it is unclear what impact his alleged role in the U.S.-Iran arms deal will have on the succession. "It's a time bomb ticking away," says one diplomat. While Iran's council of experts designated Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, 64, the senior cleric from Qum, as the formal successor, Khomeini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Seeking Eternal Bliss in Battle | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...contras claim that a fire fight ensued, a distinct possibility since the Sandinista leadership encourages Nicaraguans to carry weapons in war zones in self-defense. The rebels regard anyone armed or in uniform as a combatant, though the Sandinistas view many of the same people as civilians. It remained unclear whether Linder, who sometimes carried a pistol for protection, was armed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua The Sad Saga of a Sandalista | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...early retirement from power. Given the ways in which most authoritarian leaders view their interests and the limited leverage the U.S. has in most Third World countries, neither of these courses of action is likely to be very productive." In each item, the statement is either incorrect or very unclear, even incomprehensible to me. The authors' pronouncements, with language like "virtually insure" or "the greater the probability," in the context of tables, numbers, probability and variables, give the illusion of science without its content. Of course, there was political instability in the Philippines before Marcos departed, and there continues...

Author: By Serge Lang, | Title: On a Recent Non-Election to the NAS | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Team W L Princeton 3 1 Columbia 2 2 Yale 1 (unclear) Dartmouth 2 3 Harvard 0 1 Brown 0 20 Cornell 0 2 Women's Crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Sports Standings | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

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