Word: uncertainity
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Officially, Nicholas resigned, citing unspecified "differences" with management and the board of directors. In fact, he was ousted in a coup conducted, he angrily told friends, in banana-republic fashion. Exactly who played what role in fomenting it was uncertain. But from Wall Street to Hollywood to Tokyo, theories abounded...
Until undergraduates turn in their study cards, many teaching fellow placements remain uncertain. And after final class sizes are determined, some teaching fellows who thought they had jobs are forced back to the drawing board...
Human-rights activists are waging a loud campaign to halt the repatriations, backed by groups ranging from the N.A.A.C.P. and AFL-CIO to the American Jewish Committee and the U.S. Catholic Conference. But it is uncertain how long Americans will listen. "The White House is banking on the fact that people won't care," says a disillusioned Republican congressional staffer. "Politics, not principle, is the overriding consideration...
Cambridge City Councillors Francis H. Duehay '55 and Alice K. Wolf said they were uncertain whether Cambridge would benefit from the proposed reforms...
...sports official in Moscow. "The spirit, the team, the trainers and the coaches are the same." They will be going for gold in Nordic skiing, the biathlon, skating and hockey, he insists. Others are not so sure. Alexei Bykov, a Russian speed-skating hopeful, thinks the country's uncertain future will have a negative effect on athletes who, he says, "need comfortable conditions and psychological security...