Word: uncertainity
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Postmaster General Henderson resists even the suggestion that the Postal Service could disappear and has vowed to shake up his mammoth organization. Yet in testimony to Congress last month, he seemed resigned to a fate that is uncertain at best. As he argued for support of the postal-reform bill that has languished in committee for so many years, the USPS veteran fell back on a sentimental plea. He cited statistics showing that 66% of all Americans believe the mail is our most private and secure form of communication. "These findings are a testament to the enduring strength and unique...
...hard to overestimate the symbolic importance of these childhood belongings and the bedrooms in which they often still reside. To young adults moving into an uncertain world, these things represent security. If their parents sell the house out from under them, they may feel betrayed. Anne Braden Moon, 23, an M.B.A. student in Memphis, Tenn., remembers her bedroom as a sanctuary: "It had all my awards and stuffed animals, and the chair my parents rocked me in when I was a baby." She felt devastated when her family moved to another house after her college graduation...
...local candy plant, is low enough to qualify him for Medicaid. But for reasons all too common in Bush's state, Ray receives nothing from the federal and state insurer of the poor. Like 734,000 other uninsured Texas youngsters who live in poverty, he relies on the uncertain charity of free clinics and social workers who scrounge for medicine to help him. Of all Texas kids who are eligible for Medicaid, nearly 40% do not participate, putting Texas last among the 10 largest states, according to Census Bureau projections for 2000 compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics...
Running for office involves many sacrifices. The sacrifice seems especially great when an office already won is traded for an uncertain post. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) has tried to avoid this sacrifice by running in Connecticut's Senate election at the same time he runs for vice president. Although it is understandable that Lieberman would want to retain his place in the Senate if he were defeated, his party and his integrity call upon him to concentrate solely on the vice presidential race...
...local candy plant, is low enough to qualify him for Medicaid. But for reasons all too common in Bush's state, Ray receives nothing from the federal and state insurer of the poor. Like 734,000 other uninsured Texas youngsters who live in poverty, he relies on the uncertain charity of free clinics and social workers who scrounge for medicine to help him. Of all Texas kids who are eligible for Medicaid, nearly 40 percent do not participate, putting Texas last among the 10 largest states, according to Census Bureau projections for 2000 compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics...