Word: unclearly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shabby as last year's record appears, a collection of alums clearing Harvard decisions by roll-call vote in Tercentenary Theater each June would be no improvement. It is unclear what Harvard is, but it is not a Greek city-state...
...political- action committee, is connected to candidates with presidential aspirations. Then there are the "vanity tanks," whose existence centers on an individual, typically the founder. One example: the Ethics and Public Policy Center, founded by Ernest Lefever. Whether such organizations can survive after their original leader is gone is unclear. The Hudson Institute, Herman Kahn's future-oriented think tank, went through a precarious time financially after Kahn's death in 1983, and still has not recaptured the prestige it once enjoyed...
...doctorate in agricultural economics from Iowa State. Yet the two leaders could not concur on terms for a cease-fire. Last week Sadiq agreed to repeal the September laws within ten days. But how he would unify a country with 160 ethnic groups speaking 100 different languages still remained unclear...
Just how much difference the aid will make is unclear. The Administration has been funneling millions to the contras since 1982 to assist their insurrection against the Soviet-backed Sandinista government, although in 1984 Congress restricted the help to "humanitarian" supplies such as boots and bandages. But Administration officials said privately last week that Nicaragua's Pacific coast may be targeted for raids and that the contras may attempt to seize and hold a small piece of territory along the country's northern Atlantic coast. Moreover, the military aid to the contras would be parceled out in installments and would...
...talked to animals ran the risk of being incinerated for witchcraft. Today the ardent pet enthusiast is suspected of being a closet misanthrope. Not necessarily. The author's reading of available data tends to a more positive interpretation: "a vague suggestion that some pet-owners, for reasons which are unclear, may have a greater desire for company and friendship and because of this use their pets to augment what they already derive from the companionship of humans." Despite this careful tone, In the Company of Animals is a work of cross-cultural panache. Serpell writes passionately and well about...