Word: uncertainity
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...MacKinnon's work in the left-leaning weekly the Nation set off a war of words that is reaching new heights of animosity. Romano, a former philosophy instructor, opened his review with a hypothetical proposition. "Suppose I decide to rape Catharine MacKinnon before reviewing her book. Because I'm uncertain whether she understands the difference between being raped and being exposed to pornography, I consider it required research for my critique of her manifesto...
...energy, all for a joke--this, to me, is emblematic of the very attitudes that certain clubs promote. I have also been informed of another initiation rite involving the same club. This time, the photographs were taken of the "Ten Women on Campus with the Largest Breasts." I am uncertain as to whether the women involved were knowing participants; regardless, it is this type of degrading behavior that the clubs too often condone...
...hopeful sign, perhaps, that the new Holocaust Museum in Washington is being taxed by more visitors than it can handle. It is a less hopeful sign that this year a public-opinion poll revealed nearly 25% of young Americans either have not heard of the Holocaust or are uncertain of what the term means. Here and elsewhere around the world, pseudo-scholars argue that it never happened at all, and there are people happy to hear this mad denial...
...Conklin and illuminated superbly by Frances Aronson's lighting, look and feel surprisingly like the current American landscape. Although it may not be comforting, nor particularly pleasant, it is both familiar and recognizable. We sense that we are watching ourselves, watching our own world, as it hurtles toward an uncertain fate...
Corlette said the future of the News Office--which has been operating under two acting directors since its previous director left during the summer--remains uncertain...