Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...concerned," adds Yale Political Scientist Frederick Barghoorn, "about creating pressure against anyone who is for a hard-line American policy. If they could swing a couple hundred thousand votes against Nixon, they would do it." Other Kremlinologists doubt, however, that the Russians would base their policy on so uncertain a premise...
...would travel to see them in action. Thus, Dylan is worth a trip to anywhere on the East Coast, the Stones are good for 300 miles, Jeff Beck 220 (i.e. to New York), and Loving Spoonful about as far as 40 cent subway ride will take one. We were uncertain about the status of the Who but since we were going the 45 miles to Providence to hear them we hoped it would be worth...
...Thieu, it was a face-saving second best. He had been planning a ten-day official trip to Washington and other U.S. cities with the double-barreled aim of bolstering his prestige at home and burnishing his regime's uncertain reputation in the U.S. Washington, mindful of the predictable demonstrations by antiwar zealots, was cool to the idea of the visit. Eventually, the expected Communist offensive afforded an excuse to Thieu for avoiding a prolonged absence from Viet Nam. Besides, Thieu's running rivalry with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky made staying close to home a matter...
Horizontal mergers (between competitors) and vertical mergers (between users and suppliers) have long been severely limited by well-established antitrust law. The status of conglomerate mergers, between companies not in direct competition, remains uncertain. Only last May, Justice issued a 27-page merger guideline suggesting that conglomerates would be opposed if, for instance, the merger would prevent two noncompeting partners from entering each other's fields on their own. Thus, this month a federal District Court upheld a key Justice challenge to a merger of Wilson Sporting Goods, a subsidiary of LTV, with a small maker of gymnastic equipment...
...EAST: Democratic Romp Of the region's 149 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey may win 79 and Richard Nixon 24, with 46 uncertain. For Humphrey: Connecticut (8), District of Columbia (3), Massachusetts (14), New York (43), Rhode Island (4) and West Virginia (7). For Nixon: Delaware (3), Maine (4), Maryland (10), New Hampshire (4) and Vermont...