Word: uncertainity
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While acknowledging that predictions of global warming are highly uncertain, the panel insists that should not be used as an excuse for delaying action to lessen its possible effects. The panel concluded there is a "reasonable chance" that by the middle of the next century global temperatures will rise anywhere from 2 degrees F to 9 degrees F. That threat, the panel declared, is "sufficient to justify action...
...invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene. Millions who have never read him are nonetheless familiar with his vision. Versions of Greene-scenes can be found in daily headlines or wherever entertainment flickers: the dubious quest, undertaken by a flawed agent with divided loyalties against an uncertain enemy; the wrench of fear or of violence that confronts an otherwise ordinary person with a vision of eternal damnation or inexplicable grace...
...roughly 4 million U.S. workers covered by such plans are living by the ancient rule of markets everywhere: risk and reward go together. Unlike corporate chieftains, who often prosper no matter how their companies fare, workers in these programs may suffer painful cuts in income when times are lean. Uncertain pay can create problems when it comes to such mundane matters as applying for mortgages, which usually demand predictable annual income -- to say nothing of the impact of variable wages on one's ability to pay back loans. But the payoff can also be great, allowing productive employees to make...
...meet with FAS and the College in April if it was going to make no difference? Jewett says "they decided to investigate other possibilities," but "they couldn't make a fundamental change" in the design. So he is as uncertain as anyone--and he was there...
...escape the tackle of a linebacker. After he was helped from the field, the injury was diagnosed as a left-hip fracture-dislocation. When another exam two weeks ago showed that Jackson's hip cartilage had deteriorated further, the Royals' team doctor pronounced the prognosis for Jackson's return "uncertain...