Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shcharansky is uncertain whether his release will prefigure a wider opening of the Soviet gates for other Jews. But he expresses pride in the courage and enduring will of those wishing to leave. "In spite of all attempts to repress the movement for Jewish emigration, there are still people who openly declare their religious affiliation. Even in the cruel camps there are people who remain true to their beliefs in word and in practice...
...collar laborers and domestics who work long hours and earn low wages. In addition, many are illegal aliens living in constant fear of deportation. Even so, the prospect of returning to a country where the average annual per capita income is under $300 and the political future is still uncertain seems unlikely to set off an immediate rush homeward...
...that uncertain balance, at least for a moment last week, hung the future of the Philippines, a once vibrant Asian archipelago that is wallowing in social and economic stagnation and bedeviled by a growing Communist insurgency. On foot, by horse cart, even by boat, upwards of 24 million Philippine voters went to the polls to do something they had not done for 16 years: freely select a President. The choice appeared to be clear-cut. The candidates were President Ferdinand Marcos, 68, who has ruled for 20 years from the Spanish colonial-style Malacanang Palace, and Challenger Corazon Aquino...
...Marion Gordon ("Pat") Robertson, 55, head of the Christian Broadcasting Network and a fixture on CBN's four-times-a-day The 700 Club. Robertson, a Southern Baptist, has been transmitting signals that he might join the race for the Republican nomination to succeed Reagan. Political pros are uncertain how big a factor he could be in the primaries, let alone the convention, but they are convinced that he could energize the Christian right and siphon votes from other candidates. True believers are tingling at the prospect. As ROBERTSON IN 1988 buttons blossomed, the amiable Virginian took the N.R.B. platform...
...statistics class, I turned in such a poor poll, with such a poorly worded question, I would have failed. The effect a question can have on both the response rate and the nature of the response cannot be overemphasized. The council's referendum is proof. Its results are immensely uncertain, with a large bias favoring those who want the council involved. While 59 (the percentage of "Yes" votes on question two) is approximately the upper bound on the percent of undergraduates who want the council to support divestment, the lower bound is a mere 26.5 percent (100 percent minus...