Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most literate on the air, and for all Buckley's reputation as a slashing debater, the purpose of the hour-long weekly "colloquy" is to inform rather than to insult. And of course Buckley has an opinion about everything. Sometimes, unlikely as it seems, he is a little uncertain about his subject matter. Introducing a program with Steve Allen on capital punishment, Buckley conceded: "My own thinking on the subject is confused, which, come to think of it, should make Steve Allen feel quite at home...
...attitude of the various departments seemed to be one of indifference. During the past five years, significant changes have been made. In the coming academic year over twenty courses will be offered in the area. However, the results have been spotty, and the prospects for the future are uncertain. The next few years will be the watersbed in the development of Latin American Studies...
...renewal are negligible. Two key men in the area for the last two years, Helio Jaguaribe and assistant professor of History Thomas Skidmore, are leaving. The Latin American Summer Fellowship program is funded on a yearly basis. The plans for the proposed Latin American Research Center are at best uncertain...
...only way out, if one remains, is a Bosch victory. He is irrascible and discouraged. His administration no doubt would be untidy and uncertain. He would confront almost impossible odds. But, with tactful and intelligently directed U.S. help, the poet-president might led his nation out of its decades-long political nightmare. That the U.S. is unlikely to give such aid, or even to remain neutral toward Bosch, reveals once again the intellectual poverty and political obtuseness of American foreign policy in Latin America...
Virginia's political picture this year is far more uncertain than it was last fall. Kellam and other leaders of the Organization tried to persuade Robertson, 79 years old today, to withdraw in favor of a younger Organization candidate. Kellam failed, and has endorsed Robertson and Byrd...