Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first of these is the Unwilling Academic, a bespectacled, goat-voiced man in his 30s who has spent the last nine years of his life in Namibia cheerfully studying gibbon dung. As is evident in his shaking hands and uncertain style, only the twin prospects of starvation and separation from his beloved droppings has forced him onto the stage...
Bourbeau, Harvard's fourth-leading and the nation's eighth-leading scorer, missed a month of action with a torn stomach muscle. Meanwhile, Fusco's status remains uncertain...
Hockey Captain Scott Fusco's status for this weekend's ECAC quarterfinal series with Colgate is still uncertain. Although the senior says his condition is "improved," he adds that his injured shoulder is "still not great...
...unrest in the traditionally quiet township began Saturday, Feb. 15, as thousands of mourners were returning from the funerals of two local blacks. It is uncertain how the disturbances began, but within moments blacks were hurling stones at police, who counterattacked with tear-gas canisters. The violence quickly escalated. By Monday the turbulence had spread to the outskirts of the township, where black youths peppered local factories with Molotov cocktails...
...early in the war, and Umm al Rassas, an island about 40 miles from Basra. Iraq conceded that Iranian forces had established "a shaky foothold" in its territory but warned that the venture "faced a gloomy fate." At week's end the ultimate success of the Iranian assault was uncertain. But it was clear that whatever the outcome, the price would be high. Thus far the battle has claimed thousands of casualties on both sides...