His case may have been blurred by the ambiguous status of his wartime service.

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Or, at the other end of the spectrum, will the statute and accompanying regulations instead cast undue suspicion on relationships that are sometimes ambiguous, often symbiotic, and, in the case of medical research and study, actually beneficial to the public at large?

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This has several important implications, which include the increased costs resulting from this third-party interference and the ambiguous nature of trust protector status and duties in American case law.

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But the statute doesn't define "provokes, " and that ambiguous word may hold the key to the outcome of this tragic case.

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Police found no case to answer, because the victim's account was "ambiguous and inconsistent".

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