Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...negotiations could only lead to dangerous concessions, Kennedy informed French Ambassador Herve Alphand that he was growing weary of the French attitude of offering objections without any help. Replying to an equally anxious note from Germany's Konrad Adenauer, Kennedy assured West German Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe in no uncertain terms that he does not intend to let West Berlin go down the drain, or to make any concessions at West Germany's expense. But he held out no false hopes of German reunification, which he feels is unrealistic so long as Russian troops and a Moscow-backed government...
...have sensed that something was lacking from the top. The Prime Minister has reshuffled his cabinet, but he remains deliberately inscrutable to a party that wants to win a general election, and to a Government that must settle the unfamiliar and uncomfortable question of the Common Market. Uneasy and uncertain as it is, the new Conservative team must wait for Mr. Macmillan to make up his mind...
After some litigation it turned out that the rights for Long Day's Journey were unobtainable and so on October 5 Ronder began casting for the second production while the play in prospect was still uncertain. When soon thereafter he announced Ulysses In Nighttown as his choice, the Faculty Committee on Drama advised that producing this "blockbuster" with the time and money then available, was unrealistic if not impossible. Ulysses requires an elephantine cast...
...program (although the printed program neglected to include mention of the various movements in its listing), but it received a listless reading. Mr. Schenk's tempi dragged, his dynamics lacked any shading (he managed only a creditable fortissimo and much less creditable mezzopiano), his attacks were ragged, his control uncertain...
Deadly Balloon. No responsible authority believes that fallout from the Soviet tests is strong enough yet to damage health. But authorities point out that weather and other uncertain factors can concentrate fallout to high local levels. And the worst is still to come: most of the dangerous radioactive products of the Soviet tests are still floating high in the stratosphere. No one can predict how much harm they will do when they eventually come down...