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Word: uncertainity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seven times in 18 attempts), he is enough of a threat that whenever he comes to the plate or reaches base, Atlanta fans cry "Beep! Beep!" So far this season he has beaten out 32 infield hits. He is also learning to apply his speed to his slightly uncertain fielding. In a game against the New York Mets-which Garr won in the 12th inning by uncharacteristically blasting an opposite-field home run-he robbed Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson of a sure triple with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch at full gallop. "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beep! Beep! | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

Much of the difficulty grows out of the fact that Israel is not really one Jewish nation but an uncertain amalgam of Ashkenazic (European) and Sephardic (Oriental) Jews. The Sephardim (literally "Spaniards," though most are from North Africa or Asia) represent almost 65% of the Jewish population. The generally better-educated Ashkenazim ("Germans," in Old Hebrew), many of them descendants of the Polish and Russian Jews who founded Israel, rule the country. The Sephardim feel discriminated against because of their cultural shortcomings. Only 3% of all top government officials and 20% of the Knesset, or Parliament, are Sephardim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Middle East: Israel's Other War | 6/21/1971 | See Source »

There are better omens in the actions of clergymen like Houston's John Bisagno, even when they are uncertain of the full meaning and the life span of the Jesus revolution. Says Bisagno: "All I know is that kids are turning on to Jesus. My concern is that the staid, traditional churches will reject these kids and miss the most genuine revival of our lifetime." Canon Edward N. West of Manhattan's Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine has also made his church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The New Rebel Cry: Jesus Is Coming! | 6/21/1971 | See Source »

...York City. The price war is also bringing fares down to the level of those charged by the charter airlines. In response, at least one major charter carrier is planning to offer $100 round-trip flights from London to New York for "senior citizens"; the age limits are still uncertain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Flying the Cheap Way to Europe | 6/21/1971 | See Source »

...Undergraduate Science Center, that rising mass of prefab concrete just north of the Yard, is due to be completed in September, 1972. But it is presently uncertain what, if anything, will be inside it once it opens. For the original plans to use the Center for multidisciplinary general science undergraduate education have been sacrificed in a haze of financial and political confusion. The director of the Center has resigned, effective the end of this month, while a special task force set up to advise Dean Dunlop is weighing pressures from various departmental interests and preparing to recommend ways to improve...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: How (Not) to Build a Science Center | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

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