Word: unclearly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major policy speech last week when he waffled on the two key foreign policy planks of his election campaign: Greek withdrawal from NATO and the removal of U.S. military bases from Greece. He indicated that Greece might ultimately withdraw from the military wing of NATO, but he left it unclear whether this was his firm intention or merely a suggestion. Said one high-level NATO aide in Brussels: "I believe Papandreou will negotiate. He knows quite well that Greece would have less influence if it moves out of NATO and Turkey would have more...
...attackers-mostly said to be former members of Rhodesian and South African army units as well as a few Americans, Britons and other Europeans-were reportedly paid $1,000 and promised a further $10,000 if their mission was successful. It was unclear who put up the money. René, 46, who was established in power by a coup in 1977, has plenty of enemies. His Marxist leanings have embittered wealthy islanders and prompted two previous coup attempts...
...after Hinckley asked for a lawyer, and again in July, when guards seized Hinckley's diaries from his cell. The illegally obtained evidence, Parker ruled, cannot be used to prove Hinckley guilty of the March shooting, the particulars of which the defense has already admitted. But Parker left unclear whether he would allow the evidence to be used to buttress the prosecution's contention that Hinckley was sane at the time of the shooting. His trial is scheduled to begin...
...Democrats take the rule changes seriously--and the reams of paper and the hours of testimony indicate that they do--they are unclear about what exactly it is they hope to accomplish. Preliminary position papers from advisory committee members range from the view that "the primary business of the Democratic Party should be nominating a presidential candidate and winning the presidency," to one advocating a presidential nominating process which would "exclude no important party constituency and maximize popular participation by Democrats in the selection of their party's nominee...
...ended up much the same way. Those candidates affiliated with the Charles River Railway captured seats from all but wards two and three, and Alderman Chapman, the lone dissenter on the vote to grant C.R.R. the extension permit lost his chair. The outcome of the liquor license question was unclear--the tally on the referendum changed with each recount--but five aldermen elected were considered anti-license. "Cambridge is to be given prophibition by the railroad, this is the result and the only result of last Tuesday's election," the paper declared...