Word: uncertain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Early in the summer, it was uncertain whether Dean von Stade would need the entry for freshman housing, but Wigglesworth J has now been definitely assigned to Dudley, and its residents are regular members of the "commuter" House. Although some local students have already expressed interest in the vacant spaces, Leighton hopes that others will apply. In addition, any upperclassman now in a residential House who wishes to apply for the program on the basis of serious financial need, may file a petition with the Administrative Board...
...Uncertain how to meet the new pressures, rebel leaders sat in Tunis early last week awaiting the arrival of M'Hammed Yazid, "Minister of Information" in the F.L.N. and its liaison officer at the U.N. Flying in from New York, Yazid suavely brushed off a horde of reporters and sped away in a black Mercedes to a week of discussion with rebel "Premier" Ferhat Abbas and his "Cabinet." Their talk revolved around two points: if they rejected De Gaulle's offer out of hand, they would certainly forfeit most of the international sympathy they had won for their...
...there are many Catholics trying to find it. But not without risks. The basic mathematics concerning loss of faith scares some, shocks others, but we mentioned the lack of finality in our figures--and especially in this particular set--due to the small numbers and also to the uncertain effect of time. If asked by some Catholic we didn't know whether he should come to Harvard we would have no ready reply--it's too individual a matter
...Kinds of Cars. Today Lata's seven-day-a-week schedule earns her about 175,000 rupees a year ($37,000), a fabulous income for an Indian working woman. She could probably make more, but she handles her own finances, a foredoomed undertaking considering the uncertain economics of the Indian cinema. Rubber paychecks pile up, and she is never quite sure who owes her what. "It is embarrassing to ask for money," she says. Even so, she makes enough to maintain a Bombay apartment and a summer home in the hills. She has a Chrysler, a Chevrolet, five long...
European integration "has all the future before it," two speakers agreed last night, but the nature of this future is very uncertain. Erik Brandell, Swedish educator and journalist, and Jan Pen, Dutch professor of economics, discussed the cultural and economic aspects of integration at the final International Seminar Forum...