Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coal" to us is not merely a solidified hydrocarbon that exists in abundance in the United States, nor is it a simple coefficient in a mathematical model. "Coal" is in fact a system that involves, among other things, labor-management strife, uncertain environmental effects, and doubts posed by those who make investment decisions for utilities...
Stobaugh, Yergin and their Project colleagues avoid this trap. They rule out natural gas as a solution, arguing that the deregulation of interstate prices will not make substantial additions to U.S. gas reserves. Coal's contribution in the short term is uncertain because uncertain demand for the fuel by electrical utilities has made the railroads, coal's key transportation link, hesitant to upgrade their service. Moreover, opposition to the environmental hazards of coal usage (which include black lung disease, the scarring of the land by strip mining, and air, water and thermal pollution) cause the Project to condemn coal...
...total number who will register is uncertain, however, there is no doubt that about 750 financially-truant students will come face-to-face with the "infamous red dot," Stephen W. Homer, director of student receivables, said yesterday...
...freshman relied on school spirit to interpret the findings, saying, "Maybe it's down at Yale but not among Harvard men." Suddenly uncertain, however, he said, "Tell some Radcliffe women that, will...
Psychotherapy is such an uncertain art, critics say, that anyone with a heartbeat can claim competence in the field...