Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy surge was growing: the polls and the reporters showed that New York State (45 electoral votes) has moved into the Kennedy column (see box). For Nixon and Lodge the word from California (32 votes) and Texas (24 votes) was more heartening. But the total picture was more uncertain for them than at any time in the campaign...
When the U.S. economy drifts into uncertain waters, labor and management often discover that they share the same boat, find they have much in common. Increasing efficiency to enhance an industry's long-run competitive prospects emerges as a vital mutual interest. Last week representatives of labor and management in three major U.S. industries agreed on some significant innovations...
...White Government must hope of the Cold War to become colder, and for the Congo muddle to become more uncertain, so that world attention is directed away from South Africa...
...Uncertain Confidence. In the late Fourth Republic, such parliamentary resistance to De Gaulle's demand for an independent deterrent force would have brought down the government. In the Fifth Republic, the danger lies outside Parliament-the loss of confidence in De Gaulle himself. So far, De Gaulle's answer to opposition has been to make frequent tours of the country, presenting himself in a virtual continuous popular referendum that he has no trouble winning. But even De Gaulle has sensed discontent in the air, and politicians who accompanied him on Tour No. 12 to eastern France came away...
...small nations tested their uncertain new strength at the U.N. last week, the two giants reacted in their separate ways. The U.S. was seen but not often heard. Russia's Nikita Khrushchev was both. Determined to be one of the boys, he was all over the place, to the neutrals' mingled amazement and annoyance...