Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could refer to more than the risk of a President's death in office. Contended Lawrence: "Whenever he says he doesn't intend to run again, the news will come as a shock . . . The 'unexpected' will then develop with intensity. American leadership will suddenly become uncertain and perhaps frustrated. [This] type of change would produce far more damage to world affairs in general and to the economic situation in the U.S. National policies toward business . . . would be left uncertain till a new President took office ten or twelve months later...
...Equally uncertain is the team's starting lineup. Six foot four Phil Haughey will start at one forward, but either Dick Hurley or Lou Lowenfels could start at the other, according to Coach Floyd Wilson. Ike Canty, an all-tournament selection over the vacation, will start at center, while Bob Hastings will open at one of the guards. At the other guard post, Wilson plans to put either Bob Barnett or Billy Riggs...
Lost Leader. What was worse, the inadequacy of the changes seemed to have loosed the pent-up criticisms of Eden's first seven months in office. There was dissatisfaction with the government's failure to deal with the Cyprus rebellion. Its domestic measures have often seemed halting, uncertain and blundering. "There is a terrifying lack of authority at the top," wrote Commentator Henry Fairlie in the pro-Tory Spectator. "It becomes more and more clear that, contrary to what many Conservatives said, Sir Winston Churchill was far more important as a directing, energizing, initiating force than even...
...seems clear that nationally in the next fifteen years there will be a large increase in the number of college students. Just how big the increase will be is, however, uncertain. College enrollments will be effected by a number of more or less unpredictable factors: business conditions, draft and man power policies, social and economic pressures, the cost of higher education, scholarship opportunities, the difficulty of securing admission to college, etc. . . The increase may be much more than is generally predicted, or it may be much less, depending. But even if the common estimates of a doubling of the number...
...Lynn Fontanne, is a theatrical halfbreed described by its authors as "a melodramatic comedy." There is nothing intrinsically bad about such a combination, but Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse give the impression that they really wanted to write either a melodrama or a comedy, but that they are uncertain about how to bring the union about. As a result, their play is neither very funny nor very exciting...