Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rarely has a sour note turned so sweet so fast. While production, jobs, incomes and consumer spending soared in the U.S. last year, corporate profits fell. To be sure, they fell only 0.8%, but that result stood out like the proverbial uncertain trumpet in a triumphal march. By April, analysts had begun muttering about "profitless prosperity" when--bingo! Within days, company earnings reports for the first quarter of 1999 heralded what the government eventually calculated was the strongest profit rebound in four years...
...months dragged on and the answers remained few, however, the fervor was replaced by malaise. Between June 1998 and February of this year, five top Radcliffe officials left the college. When Radcliffe advertised some of their posts as "interim," many saw an institution uncertain about its future form...
...April, Radcliffe merged with Harvard and relinquished all responsibility for undergraduates. The move left RUS and groups such as Radcliffe Rugby, the Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW) and Women in Science at Harvard and Radcliffe uncertain about their funding--and even their names...
...long time coming and, we feel, overdue. When the women's college ceded direct responsibility for female undergraduates to Harvard in 1977, its role became hazy and somewhat peripheral in the minds of many students. Last year, a debate over women's diplomas revealed a student body split and uncertain over the role of Radcliffe in their lives--some felt it crucial to have Radcliffe's seal and the signature of Wilson on their diplomas, while others felt the inclusion was an inaccurate reflection of an education fostered entirely by Harvard...
More and more, it seemed clear that Radcliffe was at a crossroads, needing to redefine itself and move forward instead of remaining stuck in an uncertain position. April's announcement has us hopeful that such a move has been made...