Word: unclearly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hong Kong Chinese who carry Hong Kong-British passports. Britain has said that it will not grant them full citizenship, but they are unlikely to want to become Chinese citizens. Another problem is that even if the colony is allowed to retain its judicial system after 1997, it is unclear how or by whom judges will be appointed...
...lamentable combination of politics and sports that has marred Summer Olympiads for two decades can almost be excused in this situation. Whether or not Zola Budd's decision to leave South Africa was her own--indications either way have been unclear--the action serve's as a message: South African athletes while and Black, must and will leave their country to get the recognition they want and deserve. Maree, who is Black, could hardly have represented South Africa's government properly in any case. Budd would have been a credit to the racist government, even if her astounding times could...
...novel's central and most appealing character; but the story does not begin by focusing on him. Although Spark's narration is usually smooth, the reader feels something of a jolt when the camera begins to follow Harvey's life exclusively. Here the author seems to have had an unclear idea of the nature of effect she wanted for her novel; she seems to have been torn between making it a cartoon and making it a movie. Perhaps this is not a great fault, for The Only Problem is eminently re-readable: warts often resemble freckles on a second perusal...
There seemed to be strong sentiment for some sort of voluntary TV package put together by the N.C.A.A. The court appears to have left room for a loosened arrangement, but it remained unclear exactly what kind of plan could now pass muster. In the meantime, pressure for some schools to make private deals is already formidable...
...reform, in part due to the feeling that students would abuse the option, but Verba, who conducted one of his many studies on that issue, still maintains the opposite view. "There are very few people that abused it," he says. But it failed also because it was still unclear how pass/fail courses could be figured into determining whether a student should receive honors, something Verba calls "one of the more complicated messes...