Word: uncertainity
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...Nobody seems to know exactly where the term came from, but it has been around for several decades or more, and many elements of the New Age, like faith healing, fortune-telling and transmigration of souls, go back for centuries. (Ages, in general, are an uncertain affair. The Age of Aquarius, celebrated in the musical Hair, may have started in the 1960s or at the turn of the century or may not yet have begun. Once under way, such astrological ages are supposed to last 2,000 years...
Jach Pursel, a former Florida insurance agent living in Los Angeles, squints his eyes and speaks with the voice of Lazaris, a spiritual entity of uncertain origins...
...long ago, E.F. Hutton could boast that it was the brokerage house to which "people listen." But in the past two years Hutton has found its reputation dwindling rapidly. Amid concerns over the firm's uncertain financial health, Hutton's stock slumped from a high of 44 7/8 last January to as low as 11 on the day after the October market crash. Last week the eroding confidence in the company and an expected downgrading of its credit rating forced the parent company of the tenth largest U.S. retail brokerage to take a - humbling step: inviting a takeover or dismemberment...
Despite this uncertain future, Star Wars remains a major obstacle in the path of a U.S.-Soviet agreement to reduce long-range nuclear missiles. Mikhail Gorbachev's determination to negotiate limits on SDI wrecked the Reykjavik summit last year, and when he arrives in Washington, Star Wars will undoubtedly be one of the top items on his agenda. Yet Reagan insists on pushing ahead with the program. As the President told a group of cheering supporters at the Old Executive Office Building last week, "We will research it, we will develop it, and when it's ready we'll deploy...
According to University officials--some of whomare also uncertain about the current status of theprogram--Harvard cancelled the programs becausethey became too costly. The program "didn'tanticipate the market values going completely outof sight," said HRE Controller Sheldon G. Tandler...