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Word: uncertainity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effect of his visit is still uncertain. His appeal to the Palestinians for peace yesterday may have the same impact as his appeal for peace in Northern Ireland. The latter charge has apparently moved Irish Catholics but it has left many Protestant leaders skeptical...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Pope's Visit Might Bring Catholics Back to Church | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...crutches now; but when I get off them I'll start rehabilitating the knee, working on it," St. John said yesterday. But just when that progress would come was uncertain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Mystery kicker David Cody (not listed in the program and unknown to virtually all Harvard officials) added the extra point. After the game, Restic, asked about Cody and Harvard's uncertain kicking game, said, "I have 15 kickers out there. I don't know where they're from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Penalizes Crimson, 20-7 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...tune of Hail to the Chief. Johnson stood like a caged eagle, proud, dignified, never to be trifled with, his eyes fixed on distant heights that now he would never reach. There was another fanfare and President-elect Richard Nixon appeared. His jaw jutted defiantly and yet he seemed uncertain, as if unsure that he was really there. He seemed exultant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: SUMMONS TO POWER | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...just elected as part of an internal settlement between moderates and the white Smith government last April, was apparently unwilling to re-run the election; Nkomo and Mugabe, pressing forward on the battlefiels from bases in Zambia and Mozambique, were seemingly unwilling to exchange a certain cease-fire for uncertain political victory in domestic elections. Muzorewa justified his stand by claiming that the Front leaders were "terrorists" interested in seizing power. For their part, Nkomo and Mugabe called Muzorewa a "white puppet" blocking a switch to legitimate black majority rule...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Thatcher's Plan May Cave In | 9/20/1979 | See Source »

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