Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three of them owned by Mellinger. The others are franchised. They are not in Newport or Palm Beach or on Fifth Avenue. Instead, the market is in places like Dayton, Omaha, Oklahoma City and Youngstown. The ultimate target, of course, is the TV-numbed husband or the uncertain swain who needs some visual encouragement to remember the woman in his life...
...difference. The track cushion, the running surface that the horses' hooves actually hit-below the loose dirt scattered on top, is hard near the rail and soft and mushy for the rest of the track. Any horses not running on the rail slides and slips in the uncertain going and runs poorly...
...self-sufficient in oil. When Prudhoe Bay crude starts flowing to the lower 48 states, it will satisfy only 5% of the U.S.'s annual demand. The rest will continue to come from Texas, Louisiana, California?and foreign producers. Beyond that, there are other potential oil sources, although admittedly uncertain and still in the far future. Some experts envision a North American energy market that would tap Canada's vast, undeveloped supplies. When the world's oil wells are fully depleted, there will still be immense reserves locked away in tar sands and shale. By then, nuclear energy will help...
...Uncertain Future...
Once they try to venture beyond hiring programs, businessmen move on un-farmliar ground, often unsure of how to proceed or what problem should get their attention first. Ford's No. 1 social worry at present is education, but he is uncertain about how business can improve it. In approaching social problems generally, he says, "I think we have got to establish a list of priorities, and I am not sure exactly what those priorities should...