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...Americans are even more uncertain about who the next President should be. Among the Democrats and those who lean Democratic, Jesse Jackson remained the first choice of 23%, followed by Governor Michael Dukakis (12%), with support for the other four candidates in single digits. A whopping 44% of the Democrats and leaners surveyed had no first choice for President, up from 28% in August; 61% said they were "only somewhat satisfied" or "not satisfied at all" with Democratic candidates, up from 49% in August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coping with The Crash | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...precise chemical process is still uncertain, but the central role of CFCs is undeniable. Last month Barney Farmer, an atmospheric physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., announced that his ground-based observations as a member of the 1986 Antarctic National Ozone Expedition pointed directly to a CFC-ozone link. "The evidence isn't final," he said, "but it's strong enough." Earlier this month, results from NASA's Punta Arenas project confirmed the bad news. Not only was the ozone hole more severely depleted than ever before -- fully 50% of the gas had disappeared during the polar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Heat Is On | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...wake of increased campus discussion of racial issues this year, many candidates said they were uncertain that the council was the proper forum for campus racial issues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Numbers Run for Council | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

...APPEARS that the English are unwilling to work for no pay. They subscribe to the wholly rational theory that future employers--if there are such a thing in these uncertain economic times--will look with righteous scorn upon such futile experience. Someone they feel who is either foolish or rich enough to work for nothing while still a penniless youth undoubtedly will still be both foolish and rich enough to do so later. Ergo, a distinct lack of natives chomping at the bit to join the lowly hordes of parliamentary researchers...

Author: By Ellen J. Harvey, | Title: The Sun Also Sets | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

Harvard will be hampered in picking apart Northeastern's 'bone because of the uncertain status of defensive end and Captain Kevin Dulsky, who is suffering from a strained left knee...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Gridders, Huskies Ready For Dog Fight; Crimson Seeks to Take Away N.U. 'Bone | 9/26/1987 | See Source »

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