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Word: uncertainly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...silences. The antarctic has other tricks: when a man breathes its winter air, he not only can see but hear his breath, for as the frozen moisture drifts back across his face, its ice crystals break against his ears with the tinkling of hundreds of tiny bells. When the uncertain light of an overcast day is trapped beneath the clouds above and the snow below, everything between fills with a thick and milky film, devoid of feature or contrast. This is a whiteout, and in it, pilots may become dizzy and nauseated as they grope blindly for a surface which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXPLORATION: Compelling Continent | 12/31/1956 | See Source »

...uncertain either where or to what extent the plan would be implemented in January, but Registrar Sargent F. Kennedy '28 said that the second floor of the Freshman Union or a House dining hall might be available for an experiment covering a limited number of days in exam period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: C.E.P. Passes Exam Typing Trial Period | 12/21/1956 | See Source »

Consideration of a permanent cable is not likely now because of the uncertain future of Memorial Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WGBH-TV to Broadcast 1957 Godkin Lectures | 12/21/1956 | See Source »

...eight men, each with large families and homes to support. Some have found work by dividing up the business which the contractor once co-ordinated, and some have gone to Magog, ten miles to the north, to seek jobs at the textile mill there. One or two are uncertain of the future, and there has been some talk of moving away...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Home for Christmas | 12/19/1956 | See Source »

Most importantly, Russia betrayed weaknesses at the core: a realization that none of its 1,500,000 satellite soldiers can be trusted; a revelation that the Soviet leaders themselves are divided, uncertain and disturbed, and may be losing control of their empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD CRISIS: Reputations Readjusted | 12/3/1956 | See Source »

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