Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kohl, faced with uncertain election prospects next year, also wants to delay until at least 1992 a decision on modernization and deployment of rockets to replace NATO's aging short-range nuclear arsenal...
...joint statement, released by Harvard and HUCTW last week, was made public because union members have been uncertain about the status of the annual salary raises, said chief University negotiator John T. Dunlop...
Half a world away, equally momentous but even more uncertain changes were coming to Kampuchea. More than a decade ago, with the U.S.S.R.'s blessing, Viet Nam invaded its next-door neighbor. Hanoi may eventually have tired of the unending war, which has cost it 50,000 casualties. But in the past few years, Gorbachev has had compelling reasons to withdraw Moscow's support...
...while Soviet and Vietnamese interests are well served by the end of the occupation, Kampuchea's fate remains extremely uncertain. A rearrangement of political power among all the contending factions has yet to be worked out. More ominously, diplomacy will have to move fast to forestall a triumphant return of the Khmer Rouge. Some 2 million Kampucheans died under their monstrous four-year tenure, and they are today the strongest fighting force among opponents to the Vietnamese-backed government...
...short, as careers in government have grown less attractive, the paths to success in public life have become more diverse and uncertain. There is no indication that these trends will soon be reversed...