Word: uncertainity
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...sure whether to side with India, or against Britain, in the war. The theme of his most recent novel, The Hungry Tide, is, to some degree, its very setting: the swampy area of the Sunderbans, in west Bengal, now sea, now land, its shifting contours reflecting back to the uncertain allegiances of the characters who travel through it. How to be true to one's divided inheritance has always been his driving concern...
This is a very sad moment both for Israel and for the Middle East at large. Nevertheless, not all is lost. There are many pragmatic figures in Israeli politics that can step forward in these uncertain times. Of course, at the moment when the entire nation is glued to the TV following every report from the hospital, it seems premature to discuss successors. However, Ehud Olmert, formally the mayor of Jerusalem, who as Sharon’s deputy, has assumed the role of acting prime minister, seems to have the support of many of his peers. He, like Sharon, seems...
...fear shared by one in three Indonesian respondents. Australians said terrorism will be the biggest issue, while Japanese put global warming and climate change first. The remaining two choices, pollution and AIDS, were at the bottom of most of the lists. At least there are two things in this uncertain season that people don't seem too worried about...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to demand patron information from libraries and other organizations, a capacity that has generated concern in the Harvard community in recent years. With several provisions of the original act due to expire on Dec. 31, the situation in the Senate is tense and uncertain, Associate Professor of Government Barry C. Burden said, especially since Congress has usually adjourned for the holidays by this point in the year. The House of Representatives passed the act last Wednesday, but Friday’s 52-47 vote in the Senate failed to gain the support of 60 senators...
...Plan, the Cold War and the upheavals of 1968 to the aftershocks from the fall of the Berlin Wall, offering useful and sometimes surprisng judgments on all of them. His book now becomes the definitive account of Europe's rise from the ashes and its take off into an uncertain future...