Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mideastern revolutions, the man out in front of the mob may not be leading it -he may be running for his life. Iraq's ruling General Karim Kassem is in the familiar situation; his army, which alone can overawe the mob, is an uncertain weapon. Kassem has already clapped in jail Colonel Abdul Salam Mohammed Aref, his co-conspirator in the four-month-old revolt, as well as a dozen other suspect army officers. Kassem has also tried to placate the mob by alloting free seeds to farmers, and promising land reforms...
...Joby Chanpin (Ray Stricklyn) hear at that as news, he calls Ann back home from N.Y. and abuses his mother of indifference for her husband strongly. Be that as it may, Joe has a good time with his son, daughter and wife for a few days but happiness is uncertain...
...minor farce. The punchees, for the most part, have only the vaguest notion of what the Clubs are all about and whether they have any committment to the Club after being wined and dined at such length; it seems bad form to ask. The club members are thus usually uncertain of the punchee's intentions to join; to inquire point-blank would be unattractively crass. And so, suitor and maiden, both blissfully shy, muddle through an awkward affair until the night of "final dinners...
...ATLANTA CONSTITUTION: THE G.O.P. Administration, despite integrity and the good will of the President, has provided little vision or leadership. It has been indecisive, uncertain and hesitant. The people had lost confidence...
...every race of the dual and triangular season, beating such Ivy League stalwarts as Nat Cravener of Cornell, Penn's Dick Tracy, Columbia's Jose Iglesias, and Bob Lowe of Brown. His "refusal to be beaten" had become one of the sure things in a cross-country season of uncertain depth and unpredictable performances...