Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...civil war in 1949 left Greece's jails crammed with political prisoners under sentence of death by military courts for murder, pillage, rapine and other crimes incidental to guerrilla activities. Only seven of the sentences were carried out. The rest were postponed by an uncertain government to await more peaceful times. Last week they were postponed for good. In an all-night session that set some sort of a record for mass amnesty, the Greek Parliament commuted the death sentences of 2,076 political prisoners to life imprisonment...
...song recital in Sanders Theatre Monray night was notable not so much for vocal quality as for interpretive excellence. Her voice, despite its tonal richness and vigor, has limitations. Particularly in the very high and very low registers, she seemed to show signs of strain as well as uncertain pitch...
Just how big the demand for Holmes Hall will be is still uncertain. Music concentrators--of whom there are only ten this year at Radcliffe--will probably elect to live there and their preference should receive first consideration. Whether students enrolled in music courses will receive next consideration has not yet been decided...
This looks like a most uncertain investment. But so in essence are income taxes for a millionaire. The two situations are surprisingly similar. In both cases, money is being paid to people who are generally unsympathetic and often hostile, with no immediately obvious benefits to the giver. In both cases, the giver--be he the millionaire or Uncle Sam--cases his conscience, helps to create well-being and security throughout the community, thus interesting the entire community in preservation of order and obviating the necessity of hiring a vast army of guards to protect his own pile. In both cases...
...Russell & Co. cause Harry Truman to take himself out, they want the South to have a powerful voice in the convention, both as to platform and nominee. What they will do if the Democrats nominate Truman or a Trumanite, and adopt another all-out civil-rights plank, is uncertain. Dick Russell wouldn't say what he will do. In 1948 he let his name go before the convention, and got 263 votes. But he refused to join the Dixiecrats' post-convention bolt. After a 1952 convention defeat, the Southern Democrats could again try a third party, or they...