Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cambridge is not only facing a period of major and uncertain physical change. It is also experiencing less obvious, but no less important, social changes. The most prominent, most publicly-discussed of these is the influx of "transients...
...Cambridge is not only facing a period of major and uncertain physical change. It is also experiencing less obvious, but no less important, social changes. The most prominent, most publicly-discussed of these is the influx of "transients...
...Monro gave in. He may have been leery of the Boston papers turning his letter into another blow-up like the 1963 sex scandal. But he wrote it anyway, in no uncertain terms (Though perhaps, as some have said with some uncertain logic. Why say drugs are a "waste of time"? Isn't drinking or partying a "waste of time" too?). "It was pure Monro," one Administration official said...
...Radcliffe. In all the College hierarchy, there is no one besides Mrs. Bunting who has any real decision-making power. All questions of housing, admission, fund-raising, social rules, and employment are inevitably pushed into her lap by administrators who are either unsure of their own ability or uncertain of Radcliffe's policies. Unlike other college presidents, Mrs. Bunting has intimate knowledge of the most mundane aspects of the whole operation. It is difficult to imagine President Pusey or even the deans of the other faculties taking an interest in the draperies that are to be hung in a university...
Even Trowbridge concedes: "Someday the merger of Labor and Commerce will happen, but not before the 1968 election." And he adds: "The merger is a darn good, practical thing." Essentially, such a superdepartment would eliminate wasteful duplication. Until that uncertain day, he will have his work cut out for him. His department's primary job lies in the delicate area of liaison between the Administration and big business-and some critics openly wonder whether Trowbridge is either sufficiently mature or experienced for so weighty a portfolio. In addition, he has already drawn up a formidable list of priorities, from...