Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...addition, the justice of such actions is uncertain. Although the government has taken over the mines, the profits revert to the owners. A strike called in the mines now may be a strike against the government in a juris fictio, but in reality the UMW will be going out for higher wages from the operators. And, since all controls have been taken off, there is no case that the government is upholding policy. The criminal part of it is that Lewis, confident of his own strength, has refused to bargain fairly with the government...
...these Europeans and Asiatics feel about the U.S. elections? They felt uncertain. They crossed their fingers...
...present uncertain status of the Service Fund and of the demands that may be made upon it, the Community fund donation was voted with the reservation that additions might be forthcoming if the total budget should leave room for a greater sum for local charities...
...status of Davis remains uncertain, and if the big tackle is unable to play on Saturday, his position will be filled by Markham, who saw considerable defensive action against Dartmouth. Len Cummings, still out with a bad throat, will definitely not play, and George Hauptfuhrer, who was banged up in the Indian contest, is another doubtful performer...
Convinced that West was "adjusted" to his College environment and "a reliable personality," Lennox admitted that the absence of brain-wave tests renders any conclusion uncertain. But he saw as sound indications of amnesia the three serious concussions suffered by West, and the testimony of his roommates that he collapsed the morning of the Friday he dropped from sight...