Keyword issues -- applied unexpectely, deleted unexpectedly

--- Keyword glitches -----
I've repeatedly encountered some issues with adding keywords to photos in iPhoto 11 (9.2.3).
For example, I'm pretty sure I did not apply "keyword A" to a dozen photos ... but  there it is along side the correctly applied keywords.
So I select the images with the mis-applied "keyword A" and delete "keyword A" in the info panel. This works fine, one-photo-at-a-time. But I get good AND bad results when trying this over a range of photos. Often iPhoto deletes other keywords, or I find that photos that should still have three or four keywords have none. And only ONE was deleted. These are huge cataloguing problems.
I can't afford to use an application that's spurious in these ways. Corrupted iPhoto library? Perhaps. If so, that's just another reason to move on because I have less that 300 photos within, and if iPhoto can't handle that ...
And sometimes iPhoto is achingly slow, lots of beachball time.
As usual Apple's documentation is of little help.

This and the speed issue suggest a minor glitch in the Library.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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