Word: uncertainity
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...violence. But in the Restoration time period, from 1660 to 1700, someone must have developed a stage rack because it's all the rage in Restoration dramas--the tragedies and not the comedies. They're filled with scenes where someone will get racked on stage. It's still uncertain exactly when this stage rack came about or who built it, but it appears to be part of a general trend in the Restoration to outdo the Renaissance. Restoration playwrights were constantly rewriting Renaissance texts and there was a general turn towards depicting more things on stage, including torture...
...because it can't go anywhere without him. Four senior crewmen escaped from a hijacked Afghan Boeing 727 on a London runway overnight Tuesday, after climbing out of the cockpit while their captors' backs were turned. Although some nine crew members remain on board with 156 hostages, it's uncertain whether any of them is able to fly the plane. But despite an hour of furious silence, the hijackers soon resumed negotiations with British authorities - after all, they may not be planning to go anywhere, since one of their primary demands is believed to be political asylum in Britain...
...doors of the two Harvard Square icons will remain open through February, but after completion of extensive renovations, the future of the stores remains uncertain...
...said he will most likely begin serving late this spring, although the exact date is uncertain...
Although working at a start-up means taking time off from school for a possibly uncertain future, Alpert and others say they're not looking back...