Word: uncertain
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Scientists remained uncertain about the exact number of human chromosomes until 1956, when improved photomicrographs of dividing cells clearly established that there were 46. This revelation led directly to identification of the cause of Down syndrome (a single extra copy of chromosome 21) and other ( disorders that result from distinctly visible errors in the number or shape of certain chromosomes...
...belly up -- and lose Eastern's 31,200 jobs in the process. For Lorenzo, the intense chairman of Eastern's parent firm, Texas Air, the prospects were no better: the nation's seventh largest airline was clearly in for a bone-jarring ride, huge financial losses and a very uncertain landing...
...happy coincidence, or perhaps a deliberate one, that the new trends toward peace are occurring while American diplomacy in the region lies dormant and uncertain...
...ordinary folk along the way, in a five-month tour starting in May. Four Americans and four Soviets will make the trip with cameras rolling, and then they will do a similar tour in the U.S. next year. The Soviets are enthusiastic, says Luce. Only one element is still uncertain. Right the first time. So it is back, with smile and mandolin, to the powerful- legs, powerful-suits scene. Back to those cold, cold phone calls to the vice president for sales and aggrandizement of Monstrocorp, or at least his secretary: "Have I got a marketing opportunity...
Just how far this activism will spill over to students, however, is still uncertain...