Some of my photos are clear as thumbnails, but blurry when I double click on them

What can I do to get the original, clear photo back?

what did you do to remove the original, clear photos? the problem you are reporting is NOT an issue that people are seeing with iPhoto
What are the pixel dimensions of the photos?
LN

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LN

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Fix #1
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Fix #2
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Can anyone explain to me why some of my photos are landing in events and others are appearing only in photo stream?

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You say they are not all in events
Can anyone explain to me why some of my photos are landing in events and others are appearing only in photo stream?
Now you say they are
All 15 pics appear in Sept 2013 PS
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The event they are imported into is MMMM YYYY PS
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