Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beefy ex-dictator's exact location was uncertain, the second most wanted figure in Big Daddy's reign of terror turned up fairly quickly: Robert Astles, a white, British-born onetime road-construction foreman who advised Amin on the uses of repression as well as on his public relations buffoonery. Kenyan police arrested Astles after he had crossed Lake Victoria by speedboat from Uganda. Astles once was close to Milton Obote, whom Amin ousted as President in 1971; in time he turned adviser to Amin and soon became a main architect of the dreaded State Research Bureau...
...pass a collection cup for the fellows who reach the top of corporate America's greasy pole, those who make big money as hired managers are a small minority. Down in the trenches, which is anywhere below the senior vice president level, the rewards are moderate and uncertain. A lot of bank vice presidents and middle managers in heavy manufacturing are lucky to crack $35,000; they commonly get a title in lieu of money...
Several Faculty Council members also recommended that the CCR set up an advisory committee on consumer responsibility to rule on these uncertain cases instead of calling for a referendum...
With the fate of Title IX still uncertain, Radcliffe is sponsoring two panel discussions and a brunch this weekend as a "Celebration of Women Athletes...
...great failure. Led by the U.S., the importing nations as a group should refuse to admit any oil priced at a surcharge (that is, above the OPEC base price of $14.55 a bbl.). Few traders would then risk paying high prices for oil for which there is an uncertain market...