Word: uncertainity
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...Constitution by a vote of 300 to 132, comfortably exceeding the two-thirds majority needed. The measure, which is stripped of a controversial provision that would have required a three-fifths majority vote for future tax increases, now goes to the Senate, where it faces a more uncertain fate. The Senate, meanwhile, approved by a bipartisan vote of 86 to 10 a bill restricting the power of Congress to impose unfunded mandates upon the states...
...what if one teacher is fantastic but teaches average kids, and another is mediocre but teaches the highly gifted? Administrators could sit in on classes and evaluate, but how would administrators, many of whom have never been teachers, know whether a teacher is good? Evaluating teachers would be too uncertain and too expensive...
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...distrust of authority cuts across almost all aspects of American life, including the spiritual realm. Whereas religious leaders are enjoying a modest comeback in credibility, according to the Yankelovich Monitor, Americans want to keep their own counsel. ``We're finding that people are uncertain about things, but they've got their own moral tool kits,'' says Alan Wolfe, chairman of the sociology department at Boston University. ``So you can say authority has broken down, but you can also say that people have a great opportunity to make up their own understanding of the world. A lot of people are very...
Kronheimer said he is not sure exactly what classes he will teach and is uncertain when he will begin teaching...