Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When we are in a dilemma and uncertain what road to take, we turn and carry out the Arab saying, 'The sword is more truthful than writings...
...which lie those two sires of even wortheir stock, Mr. Root and Mr. Beer--lie so near in fact that the names on their granite shafts make sense when read from left to right as one crosses the hill. Here I once wandered with an old lady of uncertain step and wavering voice who was later proved the village lunatic. She was the only woman I have ever convinced of the beauties of a cemetery...
...oceanographic sections of the Labrador Current to try to determine what causes it and where it comes from and goes to. Drift bottles will be set and cards put inside. They will ask the finders to mail them to Dr. Bigelow and say where they were found. It is uncertain as to where they will drift, Norway being one of the most probable possibilities. The salinity of the water is a decisive factor in the causation of a current and Iselin will take water samples to discover what part this solution plays in the flow. The samples will also...
...political enigma of the country, an ordinary Senatorial campaign in Massachusetts takes on the aspect of a critical duel. In the President's home state, his friend and adviser, Senator William M. Butler, must vanquish the popular ex-Senator David L. Walsh or else expose the Administration to uncertain danger...
...river this afternoon for the first time this year Following the work that was done last week in cutting the ice on the river, the water seemed yesterday to be clear enough for the appearance of the shells. Coach Stevens and Coach Haines, however, expressed themselves as uncertain last night as to whether the regular crews would be able to go cut. In any case some of the Freshmen are sure to get on the water in the Leviathan, which will not be in so much dance, from floating ice cakes as the more delicate shells...