Word: uncertainness
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...always acted with Harvard’s best interests in mind. His tact, his wit, and his sense of judgment have always been valued, and the level of care he brought to the deanship will not be forgotten. Knowles’ absence is particularly difficult at this uncertain time, when many of the initiatives he has spearheaded, from the curricular review to FAS budgetary and hiring strategy, are still in limbo. We hope to see him well enough to take up his traditional role on commencement morning and watch his projects come to fruition in the fall...
...Right now the fate of the walls is uncertain - U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Monday the U.S. would respect the wishes of Maliki and the Iraqi government, but stopped short of saying the plan would be scrapped. It's difficult to imagine, though, that the plan could proceed as intended without the support of Shi'ites or Sunnis. If these walls are erected in some form it will likely be the product of a disingenuous compromise, and they will stand as monuments to the Americans' inability to impose their will on Baghdad...
...Reading the resulting piece - which Life published in its May 13, 1957, issue (one that is not online, unfortunately) - is hilarious today. Wasson describes his hallucinations at great length, in reverent terms: "The visions were not blurred or uncertain. They were sharply focused. I felt that I was now seeing plain, whereas ordinary vision gives us an imperfect view; I was seeing the archetypes, the Platonic ideas, that underlie the imperfect images of everyday life." This is druggie talk - febrile and largely meaningless. That it was printed in Life magazine - the most influential publication of the day - without irony shows...
...inclined to blow political issues out of proportion. Sundquist’s first months at Harvard came with a sizeable dose of contingency, as his mother’s bout with cancer—following on the heels of other family illnesses—rendered it uncertain whether his time would not be better spent at home. Although the disease did recede, allowing him to continue his studies, he says the events of his past have not left him unaffected.“Sort of being around all those things sort of helped me to see how short life...
...more so for the contrast with the crowd around them. Here was true, inexpressible grief surrounded by something sincere but much different: a massive auditorium that wanted to express outrage and sadness, but was overwhelmed by neither; 10,000 genuinely distraught but emotionally uncertain young people. The eeriness of the stadium overpowered the scene. There were thousands of kids filling their home team's sports arena looking to mourn but dressed for a ballgame, all while quiet, small agonies were going on in their midst...