Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Threat of Neutrality. One of the most unsettling aspects of unification is that it will take place in a world in flux. The cold war is ending, communism is evaporating, the alliances that kept Europe tense but predictable for four decades are losing their meaning. In that uncertain climate, everyone is searching for sure, new guarantees of security...
...could the dread strike have become such an uncertain instrument? The right of union members to strike without losing their jobs has long been a cherished tenet of the American labor movement. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 does indeed grant them that right. But while the statute prohibits employers from firing or punishing striking union members, those same employers can cite a 1938 Supreme Court decision giving them the right to hire permanent replacements for workers who are striking for such "economic reasons" as pay hikes or benefits (as opposed to unfair labor practices). In other words...
...Cole case provides one more reason for courts to be careful about withdrawing life support: medicine is an uncertain science. When Cole's wife Jackie suffered a massive brain hemorrhage four years ago, the blood vessels in her brain ruptured, and she fell into a coma. "The vast majority of patients who have this kind of stroke die within a few hours," Dr. Tad Pula, the head of Maryland General Hospital's division of neurology, told Cole. But Jackie did not die right away; after several crises she stabilized into a vegetative state, which doctors said could last indefinitely. After...
...chapter "On the Rainy River" finds the narrator considering a dodge from the draft. It is set mainly at a fishing camp in Minnesota where young Tim can practically cast a line across to Canada. The scenery and tone suggest early Hemingway; the difference is that O'Brien's uncertain youth must still go to war before he can join a lost generation...
...doing a lot of new things," Merryman said. "Adjusting to new coaching is difficult. The players and I need time to get acquainted. There are a lot of freshmen on the team and they are a little uncertain about their execution of plays. Some of them are our stronger players, but they lack experience...