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Brinkley will remain here until the end of the year, when his contract expires. Brinkley said that his plans for next year remain uncertain...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Brinkley Tenure Bid Ends Unsuccessfully | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...summer of uncertainty for the Harvard football team, the starting quarterback slot was prehaps the most uncertain...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: QB Landau Shines for Gridders | 9/23/1986 | See Source »

...which means that a walk-on named JimBryant will be in charge of the U Mass offense forat least the first several games of the year. Andthat turns a very rosy offensive picture into avery uncertain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Football Prospectus 1986: Over 100 Years of Hands-On Action | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...usual, even the identity and motivation of the terrorists involved were uncertain, though there was little doubt that they were Palestinian. One of the gunmen shouted to journalists as he was led away by police, "I am a Palestinian commando!" But in the crazy-quilt language of contemporary terrorism, that still left a lot unexplained. Early in the course of the hijacking, an anonymous Arab called a Western news agency office in Nicosia, Cyprus, and claimed responsibility for the Libyan Revolutionary Cells, a previously unknown group. Denials came almost instantaneously from Radio Tripoli and from Gaddafi, who was attending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Carnage Once Again | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...terrorists demanded they be flown to the eastern Mediterranean island, the Cypriot government announced that the jumbo jet would not be allowed to land there. Whether the Cypriots would have remained firm in their resolve if the Pan Am plane had arrived in their air space is uncertain. "But fortunately," sighed one relieved Cypriot official, "our will was not put to the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Carnage Once Again | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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