Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coach Mitchell is uncertain as to his starting pitcher against the Terriers, but in any case he plans to save his number one man, Bill Lincoln, for starting duty against Princeton when the men from Nassau come to town Saturday...
...businesses the most uncertain is show business. And of show businesses the most uncertain are fairs. And of fair businesses the most uncertain are world fairs which require huge investments, huge ballyhoo. Last week when A Century of Progress cast up its accounts, it was clear that Impresario Rufus Dawes* had done what has never been done before: he made a world's fair pay. From January 1928 to December 1934 A Century of Progress had taken in $29,321,876 from paid admissions, space rentals, concessions, contributions, etc. Most debts and expenses, totaling $28,548,225, had been...
...past few generations, the usual attitude of college students has been that one cannot go into most branches of public service without soiling one's honor. Further objections are raised to the uncertain tenure, spoils system and inefficiency usually found in government offices. This attitude is partially responsible for the results about which they complain, but will never clean the political stables. Most important, students who are discontented with the so-called "messy" conditions of government service can discover exactly where political rubbish obscures and impedes progress, and learn practical measures for sweeping out the governmental house...
...promising self-portrait of the artist than to have a good long look at a brand new picture of a smiling, self-confident, wispy-haired man of 45 in a blue serge suit. For the past two and a half years that man has solaced thousands of uncertain minds by broadcasting homely advice as THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE. His sponsors over the Columbia network: Wasey Products (Musterole, Kreml Hair Tonic, and a brace of nostrums known as Zemo and Haley's CTC, for stomach acidity). Last week it was the Voice of Experience who turned his first discussion...
...such other manner as the college authorities may from time to time deem most effective, toward creating or developing sound public opinion and action upon this subject." Because of this broad terminology, the Princeton students who will be forced to hear the lectures on feminism are still uncertain as to whether they will be urged to campaign for or against the woman in the home...