Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Antonio Ribero, writer"−was General Antonio de Spinola, who had led the revolution until radical officers forced his resignation last September. As recently as a month ago, the reappearance on the scene of the discredited conservative general would have provoked chuckles in Lisbon. If the situation remains uncertain, the monocled general might be tempted to fly into anti-Communist northern Portugal, demand elections and a new National Assembly−and point out that his swan-song speech warning against the country's slide toward anarchy had proved all too prophetic...
...professionals they are uncertain. As citizens they are uptight, anxious and cynical about government...
When it comes to fluctuating prices in the current renewed surge of double-digit inflation, those for postage stamps are no exception. Uncertain as to just what the rate for first-class letter mail will be by Christmas, the U.S. Postal Service is printing 1.5 billion 1975 Christmas stamps that come in two designs but have one common distinction: no postage is indicated on them. Last week, however, it became almost certain that Americans will be paying more for first-class postage, if not by Christmas then soon thereafter. A new series of recommendations by the Postal Rate Commission could...
...seemingly insoluble dilemmas. If it should pull out, the upshot would probably be all-out civil war. Yet the army's presence is a constant temptation to snipers and the resulting casualties may eventually create a "bring-the-boys-home" mood in England. Meanwhile, the "Loyalist" camp, uncertain of Britain's dedication to Northern Ireland, is already becoming a Protestant Irish independence movement-one capable of fielding an army of some 25,000 men. In effect, the British Army faces an impossible task. It is supposed to create the security in which a political solution can be pursued...
Although its importance in the women's college turn-around is uncertain, many schools have put a top priority on gaining more women faculty members. This is not always easy, since tenured positions are top-heavy with men now in their 40s and 50s who were hired in the 1950s, when many women's colleges sought male professors as a sign of progressiveness and academic seriousness. In any case, today 71 colleges-a record-now have women in the president's chair, including Hunter, Wellesley, Goucher and Wheaton. Last month Smith College, the nation's largest...