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Word: uncertain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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First Impressions. Just 50% of the public has a favorable impression of Bush, vs. 21% with an unfavorable perception and 29% uncertain. Quayle still runs a deficit on this score: 20% favorable, 30% unfavorable and 50% with no opinion. More than half (52%) do not consider Quayle qualified to become President if something were to happen to Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

...while it is still uncertain whether Dukakis will return to the K-School in two years, his wife, Kitty, will be returning to work today as director of the K-School's Public Space Partnership Program, according to Renee L. Robin, executive director of the program...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: K-School Would Welcome Duke Back | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

...giving on skid row. He has offered gloves to his former professor at Brooklyn College and to a once famous baritone at the Metropolitan Opera, recognized by Greenberg from his days as a youthful walk-on at the Met. Most of the people he meets are confused, seemingly uncertain of where they are or what they are doing. The more frightened refuse the gloves, and he will follow them for several blocks, insisting, "They're a gift. I really want you to have them." One elderly man finally stopped, took the gloves, then asked, "Do you have them in blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gloves for The Needy: One Heart Warms Many Chilly Fingers | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

Even so, the final outcome remained uncertain as the two principal players repeatedly thought they had an agreement, only to find that the other had failed to deliver what had been expected. In the end, it was the persistent middleman efforts by Swedish diplomats that helped close the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dance of Many Veils: Shultz and Arafat | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...uncertain how much of a dent Bhutto can make in these problems. Not only is her majority in Parliament paper-thin, her power is diluted by the fact that the Senate is dominated by the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance, as is the government of Punjab, the most populous province. Bhutto is further hobbled by promises made to keep the armed forces in their barracks. Cutting military expenditures, which consume 40% of the budget, is not feasible, Bhutto says, "unless you want to invite in martial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Now, the Hard Part: Governing | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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