Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were so close together that he found it impossible to stretch out his lanky 6-ft. 2-in. frame. As for food, which they provided irregularly, he quickly realized he should eat the bananas first and save the more durable fruits for later. He never gulped down the water, uncertain when his kidnappers would deliver the next ration...
Officials are uncertain whether Sudan is mainly playing host to foreign terrorists or actively exporting its own operatives and agitators. In the U.S. prosecutors are investigating the role Sudanese diplomats -- officially or on their own -- might have played in the U.N. plot. ABC News reported that employees of the Sudanese mission to the U.N. had been taped discussing the thwarted bombing, but U.S. investigators have yet to confirm any solid link suggesting that the Khartoum government sanctioned the conspiracy. The State Department's 1992 report "Patterns of Global Terrorism," published last April, concedes that "there is no evidence that...
While Wall Street watches anxiously, Robert is left mourning not just the uncertain future of the company he helped to build but also the loss of its original spirit. "My father is no saint, but we were a family, strong, loyal and successful together," he said. "That's why his behavior now is so inexplicable...
...above the protective atmosphere during a heavy meteor shower are vulnerable. With this danger in mind, NASA prudently postponed last week's scheduled launch of the shuttle Discovery, which otherwise would have been in orbit during the height of the meteor bombardment. Explained a NASA spokesman: "It's too uncertain to proceed." Astronomers, too, felt concern; they could do nothing to protect the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope from the hurtling Perseids...
Intellectually lazy people are suckers for an easy target. Getting guns off the street, even after reaching a consensus that it is a worthy goal, would be a difficult task. Restoring hope to neighborhoods ravaged by the real cycle of violence would be expensive and uncertain...