Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Uncle Row could remember the days of his slavery, and the time when his part of Texas was rich cotton land. He could remember the Yankees coming down the road "all brass buttons and bayonets," remember the uncertain years while the family that had owned him disintegrated and disappeared. Uncle Row stayed on, farming a little, a good hand with horses and stock. He hunted wildcat, bobcat, polecat, foxes, coons, possums and rabbits. Nights, he took a coal-oil lantern down to the Keechi Creek, baited up with rabbit entrails, fished all night long. Uncle Row could catch catfish, when...
Jordan completed the job of separating the men from the boys at yesterday's session and his lineup is fairly well set now. By beating Conrad Brevick in the 121-pound class, Joe Kozol will represent the Crimson in the only division that was still uncertain. Although Dave Coombs is Jordan's leading lightweight; he weighs 129 and won't be down to 121 before the Wesleyan match next Wednesday. The Crimson figures to take 121-pound honors against Tech without Coombs...
Phil Murray did it at last. For a long time, his right-wing followers have been demanding that he rid the C.I.O. of Reds. During the 1946 convention, the right-wingers rammed through a resolution formally damning all Communistic activities. A sick and uncertain Murray gave only cautious approval. A few months later he called labor agents who peddled the Communist line "goddam traitors," and kicked Harvard-bred Lee Pressman, a notorious Communist-liner, out of the job of C.I.O. counsel. From that point on, Phil Murray grew bolder. Some believe that he even helped push that old bibber...
Although they had known each other a year and a half they became secretly engaged only two weeks ago. The announcement of their marriage took HTW officials by surprise this weekend. It is uncertain whether the couple will return form their honeymoon in time to assume their roles in the play. Peter Temple, director of the play, is now scorching for someone to learn the role of Helen before Wednesday night's opening performance...
With Johnny Chase's showing shortcomings in speed, passing, and defensive work, Bill might have made the score much higher had not the varsity come back time after time with brief, quick which kept the outcome uncertain until the last four minutes...