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Word: uncertainly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tuned as carefully as he could. Next he caught the ship's call signal: GFSB. This was the Empress of Australia, a pretty big prize. The uncertain staccato chatter continued: Torpedoed. . . . Now down by bow. All lifeboats over to port. . . . Deck awash. At 10:53 p.m.: Being shelled again. Lat. 15:30 N. Long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: AT SEA: Sinking by Static? | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

...high hurdles. John Bunker and Bob Partlow will score heavily in the high jump, and the latter is favored to cop the broad jump. Mitch Ford and Chester D' Autroment are a strong pair of pole vault entrants, but all along the line the strength of the Cadets is uncertain. They may pop up with unexpected men in any of the above events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cindermen Are Slight Favorites Over Army | 2/8/1941 | See Source »

...many a critic of Tin Pan Alley, the bright side of B. M. I.-ASCAP bickering was the hope that disheartened common listeners might turn to serious music. More than offsetting this Ivory Tower optimism was the gloom of advertisers. Uncertain how the public was taking it all, they hoped their goods would not stagnate on their shelves. If that hope isn't realized, the war may end abruptly, since money will talk no matter what radio wants to sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Statistics to the Wars | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...famed net veteran will begin his exhibition at two o'clock up on the third floor. His schedule is uncertain, but he will undoubtedly demonstrate all of the shots in the game during the hour. Tilden's present barnstorming tour started a week age in New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BILL TILDEN TO PERFORM TOMORROW IN GYMNASIUM | 1/22/1941 | See Source »

...Kool, Raleigh). They also include many smaller fry: British Ropes, Ltd., J. & J. Cash, Inc. (woven names), Crosse & Blackwell (jam, etc.), Jaeger Co. (knit goods), Oxford University Press, Yardley & Co. (cosmetics), many another. Not listed on U. S. exchanges, stock in such companies is "unseasoned," would probably find an uncertain market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SECURITIES: A Deal in British Stocks? | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

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