Word: uncertainity
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...gaudy surplus projections will materialize. And there's legitimate debate about the usefulness of the Congressional Budget Office's fiscal predictions. "Most of the CBO's estimates are exaggerated," says fiscal hawk Robert Reischauer, a former CBO director who is now head of the Urban Institute. "The surplus is uncertain...
Theirs is a world of cell phones, mopeds, long days at work and long evenings in coffee shops. All four have complicated, busy lives, careers they forged on their own and ambitions to take them to the top. They have grown up to be self-reliant in uncertain times, with little guidance from their elders. Sex before marriage--"eating rice before the bell," as it is sometimes called--is the norm. All have acquaintances who do drugs, a haven for those who don't know where else...
...room," as it is called, Jerry Falwell, his face caked in makeup, tries to walk down a hallway leading to the Republican National Committee. A security guard named Jim, who has long hair that probably reminded Falwell of something a little uncomfortable, stepped in front of him. In no uncertain terms, Jim says "No." "Ok, then," says Falwell, and he leaves. The guard's partner, Greg, comes walking up. "Boy, you ain't gonna be in Jerry's prayers tonight, Jim." To which Jim replies, "Not the first time...
...beacon that alerts the interceptor to the nearby presence of the real target. The Pentagon concedes the October test might not have succeeded if the decoy hadn't appeared so vivid to the interceptor's sensors. "The large balloon aided in acquisition of the target," Coyle says. "It is uncertain whether the interceptor could have achieved an intercept in the absence of the balloon." In short, the decoy is hardly a decoy. Critics maintain that future interceptors will be unable to distinguish more muted decoys from warheads, especially at long distances and supersonic speeds...
...Uncertain Future...