Word: uncertainity
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...volcanic pumice from the fossil-bearing sediments at Mojokerto. Curtis' conclusion: the Mojokerto child was not a million years old but closer to 2 million. Nobody took much notice, however, because the technique is prone to errors in the kind of pumice found in Java. Curtis' dates would remain uncertain for more than two decades, until he and Swisher could re-evaluate the pumice with a new, far more accurate method...
...Moscow. Under growing pressure from nationalists like Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russia might be seeking to re-establish its empire by meddling belligerently in the affairs of its neighbors. Or it could be trying to use its influence to bring peace to the troubled periphery, which would benefit Russia's own uncertain stability...
Even if parents were uncertain about supportingthe minority students' cause, most said theysupported the students' proactive efforts...
...chairman Reed Hundt won't buy that. "Our decision did not make the future of the cable industry more uncertain," Hundt insists. "Our job is to protect the public interest and prevent cable companies from charging monopoly prices." The demise of the Bell Atlantic-TCI deal has certainly not cooled either company's ardor for future consolidations. They are still talking about possible cooperative ventures between them, and each firm is already eyeing prospective new partners. "There's plenty of adrenaline pumping here," Smith says. "We are a company on the prowl." So is TCI. No sooner had the merger...
...Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information, which is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency. An additional 8,000 troops have joined Yeltsin's Presidential Guard, similar to the American Secret Service. Domestic investigations originally went to a new Ministry of Security, but Yeltsin was apparently uncertain of its loyalties during his struggle with parliament last year. He disbanded the ministry in December and replaced it with a Russian FBI equivalent, the Federal Counterintelligence Service, a 75,000-person agency that will be in charge of internal security...