Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Education also prepares one to meet "the uncertain future of a world of disturbance" by giving the student self-reliance. Maturity can be defined, Demos stated, as "the ability to encounter uncertainty and insecurity without panic...
...plans to land on the moon are necessarily uncertain. No manned satellite has yet approached another orbiting object, or even attempted to. The formidable problems of bringing two manned satellites together and making them join without damage are still far from solution, and new, unimagined difficulties are sure to arise before a dependable technique has been developed and tested. Plenty of space experts fear that many years will pass before the first successful rendezvous on earth orbit has been accomplished...
...major reason for the novel's uncertain mood is that it tries, unsuccessfully, to deal with the 20th century's grey plague-a paralysis of the apparatus that detects meaning in life. Greyness of spirit is what one writes about these days; fair enough. But the author's view of things must not be greyed. And in Letting Go, after a few fine satirical flashes at the beginning, Roth becomes bogged in solemnity whenever he tries to assess his dreary hero...
...fact, the market is, at best, an uncertain economic prophet. Of its eleven significant downturns since World War II, only four have actually been followed by a recession. This time, many economists seem to believe it is wrong again. The most important economic indicators still point toward further gains for the economy, insists Harvard Business School's Professor John V. Lintner: "The market is giving out a lot of false signals in its short-term trends...
...come to exorcise the demons in Mother Joan. Soon, in the convent attic where the sisters' white habits are hung to dry, she smiles at Father Joseph and whispers: "What if the devil left me and entered you?" Cut. A flight of birds appears, whirling and wheeling, uncertain of direction but moving with frenzy. Cut. Back in the attic, Father Joseph is crying...