Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...radio system, however, had its flaws. Reception was so uncertain that the officer at the desk usually radioed individual patrolmen and requested that they telephone headquarters for instructions, because relaying messages by radio could be too risky. The patrolman's telephoning confirmed the fact that he heard the radio call...
...Sunday evening, Sylvia's camera had focused on everyone. Linda, uncertain of her femininity, sat opposite an empty chair representing her mother and accused her of always wanting a boy. She was reassured by several of us that she seemed feminine, indeed. Bernie, whose wife was leaving him, and Barbara, who was leaving her husband, each took the part of the other's mate and got deeply involved in an angry, accusative pushing match. Barbara, usually very controlled, was able to express her feelings freely for the first time in years. Carl, unaware of his pent-up anger...
...nation's capital markets." Regan drove a hard bargain. Exchange officials had to agree to assess the 578 member firms a total of $30 million to guarantee Merrill Lynch against losses that it might suffer in taking over Good-body. At week's end, it was still uncertain whether Merrill Lynch will absorb Goodbody by itself, or sell some Goodbody offices to other firms. Such sales would please both federal trustbusters and some competitors who grumble about how much bigger the Goodbody bail-out will make Merrill Lynch. Some exchange members may balk at voting for the assessment...
Princeton had a breather last weekend, as they mauled Brown, 45-14. Like the Crimson, Princeton has been plagued all season by an uncertain quarterback situation...
...Luther King took to the streets in 1956 to challenge laws of the land, and when masses followed him, and when clergy followed the masses, the new "activist church" entered the headlines and the separated civil and religious orders in America moved from a substantially stable to a nervously uncertain coexistence...