Word: uncertainity
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Even though Stalin regarded Kim as a puppet, it was often the Korean who pulled the Soviet leader's strings. According to Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao and the Korean War, published last year by Stanford University Press with American, Russian and Chinese contributors, Kim made numerous trips to Moscow to convince Stalin that the South Koreans were ready to join his revolutionary forces. He also reinforced his Soviet patron's belief that the U.S. would never intervene in a Korean conflict. If the Americans would not help the Nationalist Chinese against Mao's forces, he argued, why would they come...
Democracy and capitalism, however, are processes with "uncertain results," Grigoriev said...
Dana reflects on her narrow escape. But she knows that her refuge in the shelter is only temporary. As the days go by, she grows increasingly resentful of her past, fearful of her present, and uncertain about her future. "I don't know when I'll be leaving, or where I'll be going...
...Says founder- editor Eros: "If you were Indonesian, you would understand why we needed DeTik. Look at the front page of a newspaper, you would see the same thing. The articles are very polite, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings -- and not saying anything. But change is so uncertain now that people want to know what is going to happen...
...nuclear dream. Two weeks ago, he said the North Koreans' refusal to permit full inspection of their nuclear facilities made it "virtually imperative" for the U.N. Security Council to consider imposing sanctions. Last week some of the necessary partners began to dance away from the prospect, making it uncertain that Clinton can make the sanctions stick...