Word: uncertainness
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...Father Greenback can be indulgent of Bush's use of an uncertain economic spring as a political foot in the door. By then, the Fed will have cut rates if it feels it needs to, and the cloud over the boom may well have passed. Bush, for his part, brought Bush senior's adviser Larry Lindsey along to help sell the cut as harmless (he's a former Fed governor, so he and Greenspan speak the same language). Besides, there is a legitimate economic case for putting a couple of bucks back in consumers' pockets, as long...
...tent cities that have sprouted around Bhuj, Bachchau and Anjar, news of fabulous rivers and ponds is greeted with healthy skepticism. For the moment, though, most survivors are too busy grieving for their dead to be distracted by faux miracles. Many families remain in a state of suspended mourning, uncertain about the fate of missing relatives...
...Given the political firestorm that would undoubtedly follow such a decision, Evans was reportedly approaching this announcement with some trepidation. Thursday, the Census Bureau made Evans' life a whole lot easier, advising the secretary in no uncertain terms to reject any revised numbers. There is no evidence, the bureau's director told Evans, that adjusted figures would be any more accurate than the original numbers. Evans' final verdict, his aides insist, is not set in stone - and until it is, civil rights leaders and Democrats will pepper his office with statements opposing the bureau's recommendation...
...Championship on the line. Still, I think that Reed's brief practice session would have been exhilarating even if one removed the Lakers, the fans and the tension of a playoff situation. There was a drama inherent to Willis' testing the limits of his body and being utterly uncertain of what the results would...
...previous fiscal year. But this bounty hasn't come worry free. The intricate Canada-U.S. grid that links energy producers and consumers--and that makes it so profitable for B.C. Hydro to transmit power south--is in growing disarray. The consequences could be even higher prices and more uncertain supplies for Canadians as well as Americans. "We need a stable energy system on the continent," says Ray Hart, deputy director of the Department of California Water Resources. "I don't know if we'll get it." In particular, rising doubts about deregulation could impede Canadian plans to finance increased...