Word: uncertainness
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...natural in a presidential election to focus on the ticket--even the top spot on the ticket. But, if, as now seems likely, Bill Clinton wins the race, a new and uncertain Congress may prove to be the least of his problems. And the Arkansas governor has given little indication that he understands his likely greatest challenge...
These also are the people most susceptible to cleverly crafted but dishonest attack ads. I am thinking of the woman who, four years ago, told me she had just learned, obviously from a Bush campaign TV spot, that Michael Dukakis "believes in turning murderers loose." She was uncertain whether she would vote; let us hope she didn't and won't. Worst of all, campaigns that play on racial animosity might have a dangerous appeal to people who now tend to stay home on Election Day. Bigotry and nonvoting both correlate with low income and education...
...Uncertain about who had jurisdiction, Markus Pirpamer, owner of the shelter, called police on both sides of the border. The Italian carabinieri, believing the body was that of an ill-fated climber, showed no interest. Their Austrian counterparts, who had already pulled eight corpses out of glaciers that summer, said they would investigate by the next afternoon. Pirpamer decided the next morning to go see for himself, and was flabbergasted: "I had seen bodies come out of the glacier," he recalls, "but this was nothing like them. Bodies trapped in the glacier are white and waxy and usually chewed...
...EASY to return to Harvard for senior year. The weather is wonderful, the rooms are capacious, and the friends are better than ever, but a lot is scary, a lot is uncertain, a lot is ahead. We come here as wide-eyed 18-year-olds. We make friends, pick concentrations and take tutorials. We write, we act, we dance, we intern. We learn Harvard's ropes and then teach them to others. But after junior year, things change. Suddenly we don't feel so young anymore. We realize that post-graduation plans are not just topics of conversation--they...
...often cite fear of being drawn into a "quagmire" as reasons for avoiding the use of force. Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney expresses this view with particular vigor. It is apparent that because the situation in Yugoslavia seems so messy--because the prospects of a speedy solution seem uncertain--the president has determined that no action is the right action. But he is wrong...