Word: unclearly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coast Guard, anticipating that Congress would soon ease the rules, issued a directive stating that, provided visibility exceeded two miles, pilotage endorsements were no longer mandatory after a vessel passed a certain point in the sound. But the point at which the new rule applied is unclear. The Coast Guard argues that only certified officers could command ships down to the Bligh Reef area, where the Valdez ran aground. Hazelwood's attorneys insist that the point of freedom was the established pilot station at Rocky Point, some seven miles north of the reef. Hazelwood's position appears to be bolstered...
...assuming that the funds are gone," said City Treasurer James T. Maloney, adding that it is unclear how the budget cuts will affect different departments within the city. Cambridge state Reps. Alvin E. Thompson and Peter A. Vellucci predicted Monday that schools, fire, police and human service departments would be among the hardesthit...
...Board's jurisdiction over investment policy is unclear, and many Board members may have difficulty becoming accustomed to an adversarial relationship with the Corporation. Immediate divestment seems doubtful, although it would not be surprising if the administration gradually removed its attachments to apartheid over the next few years...
...hope of freedom and reform in Communist Poland. Last week Walesa found himself at the center of a very different situation. His forces had just whipped the Communist Party in the country's first truly democratic elections since 1947, causing a constitutional logjam that for the moment left unclear exactly how and by whom Poland would be governed. Walesa, 46, his trademark mustache now gray and his stocky build padded with extra poundage, warned supporters shortly after the vote, "It's too early for congratulations...
Precisely what touched off the violence remained unclear, despite thorough glasnost-era reporting by the Soviet press and television. Some stories said the fighting was touched off by a dispute over the price of strawberries at a local market, while others maintained that the attacks were in retaliation for a fight last month in the tiny market town of Kuvasi...