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Word: uncertainity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...biggest problems this season have been sloppy ball-handling and poor shot selection. In losses to Bucknell and New Hampshire, Cornell managed just 33.5 percent from the floor and coughed up 38 turnovers. Hill, Scott and the Crimson's aggressive defense should trouble an uncertain offense...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Hopes For Big Apple Recovery | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

...your name,' I couldn't write it down." He became Andras Malesevics. The Grofs, mother and son, living on stolen papers, pretended to be acquaintances of a Christian family. "They took us in at a very serious risk to themselves," he says. His wife Eva glances across the table, uncertain about this new territory Andy is wandering into. "What happened to them?" she asks. "Did you lose contact with them?" He pauses. Shakes his head. "I don't know. We didn't know them that well, you know. That's the strange thing." Quiet settles over the table again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE: A SURVIVOR'S TALE | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...Russia and the positive aspects of the communist dream. He leaves us with sympathy for the trials of the Russian countryside and with the recognition that, accustomed to changing forms of oppression and persecution, the people of a Russian village are understandably averse to individual risk. Pursuing new and uncertain methods of production, even if successful, could lead to punishment if the government's idea of what is acceptable in production again changes--all of which implies that a successful transition to democracy in Russia will be difficult atbest...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Echoes' of History In Poignant Vignettes | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

Only upon her arrival on campus had Payanzo begun to consider the consequences of her pregnancy. Having ended on an uncertain note with Yazzie, he did not factor into her plans...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis and Lori I. Diamond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Moms Juggle Schoolwork, Parenting | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

Several other countries and alliances are bringing their own proposals to Kyoto. Whether so many contentious factions can agree on anything at all is uncertain. Even if by some chance all 170 countries endorsed the toughest proposal on the table, global warming would only be slowed. "If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today," says Clinton's science adviser, John Gibbons, "temperatures would rise another several degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: HOT AIR IN KYOTO | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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