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Word: uncertainity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes no sense to overreact to the prospect of global warming, but it makes no sense to ignore it either. A prudent policy that stresses conservation and alternate energy sources seems to me to be wise insurance in an uncertain age. After all, our grandchildren will thank us for developing high-mileage cars, energy-efficient appliances and cheap solar energy, no matter how the future of global warming plays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hot Will It Get? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...informal organization known as the Lowell House Society of Russian Bellringers. Every week, she and a core group of about five or six people show up beneath the roosting bells in the tower to rock them out of their slumber, to show newcomers the ropes and to practice the uncertain science of their playing...

Author: By Jérôme L. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: clöserlook: Ringing the Bells of Death and Famine | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Markham, who is no longer involved with the IOP, said she was uncertain about whether limiting SAC membership would increase associate participation...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: IOP votes to Reduce Advisory Group Size | 11/2/1999 | See Source »

...even with the innovation of the foot pedal, playing the timpani remains a delicate and complex job. Each timpani is different, and in addition, each spot on the taut drumhead has a slightly different tuning, tension and response. And the tuning is still an uncertain science, performed with the orchestra in full swing around the timpanists. They have to find the perfect pitch despite the tooting and sawing of their neighbors and without losing track of the conductor. If you see them stooping over the drumhead during the concert as though they were whispering into a gargantuan ear, that...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, | Title: CLOSERLOOK: Timpani for Your Thoughts | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...brutal violence, beating the slender college student over and over with the butt of a gun. In at a summit in Lynchburg, Jerry Falwell vowed to help keep such violence from ever occurring again. For Matthew Shepard, the minister's promise comes too late. But that promise--contradictory, halting, uncertain, well-intentioned and human--may someday help make life less terrifying for gays and lesbians in this vast country...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: The Lessons of Lynchburg | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

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