Word: uncertainity
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...Harris announced that the print versions of the Q Guide, Courses of Instruction, and Handbook for Students would be eliminated. Meanwhile, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer became an online-only publication last month, and the Boston Globe struggles to survive. This year, more than any other, has demonstrated the uncertain future of the print media in all its forms. And, in its decision to exclusively publish online the information contained in academic guidebooks normally distributed in hard copy to all Harvard students each fall, the administration has wisely responded to a larger national trend in a way that could greatly benefit...
...admitted-student groups are yet another wild card in the college-admissions game, which is even trickier this year, given that the recession has school officials fretting over the number of students who will ultimately enroll. "I think it's safe to say that this is the most uncertain year in terms of predicting what students will do," says Christoph Guttentag, Duke University's dean of undergraduate admissions. "I honestly don't know how the economy is going to affect things." (See how one school uses financial aid to reel in students...
...Juan the Rib, in civilian life a hairdresser, and additionally, a musician.” Epithets like this one, while routine, help define the characters as much for Jerzy as they do for the reader. But as it turns out, the validity of their stories is uncertain; Jerzy stakes his position in the rehabilitation center by retelling (or rather, recreating) the lives of the various alcoholics. A typical truck driver becomes the Most Wanted Terrorist in the World; a hairdresser and musician becomes Don Juan the Rib; and a particularly religious patient becomes the reincarnation of John the Baptist.In...
...selection of Matt Lauer is extremely timely. The fast world of news and journalism is evolving before us every day. Leaders of the industry have been swallowed up by novel technologies, going by the name “new media.” Sadly, print journalism faces an uncertain future (you’re probably reading this on a screen, aren’t you!). With Lauer on his way ,we must tip our caps to new media—you win this one “TV.” We are not losing hope for more traditional news...
...generation Gurkha soldier, also inherited the stout-hearted reputation tethered to thousands of Nepalese men who fought for foreign countries before him. Recruited by the British army in 1999, the 30-year-old soldier has braved hails of Taliban bullets during two recent stints in Afghanistan. But he is uncertain whether he will be able to pass down his kukri - or the Gurkha legacy...