Word: uncertainity
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...this first half of the film is occasionally confused, uncertain whether to portray Pyle as a comic figure or as a troubled man. His sudden psychopathy is barely convincing, because Pyle's getting his act together would have gotten the drill sergeant off his back. Kubrick seems slightly off the mark in portraying the tyrannical nature of the drill sargeant. The sergeant at times seems patriotic to the point of ridicule--tough so he can make his men great in the name of his country--but when he invokes the ghost of Lee Harvey Oswald as a great marine worthy...
Greenspan, of course, is fully aware of all that. He knows that playing politics with the economy could be disastrous. Preserving financial stability during these uncertain and jittery times would have been difficult enough for Paul Volcker, and it will be doubly daunting for Alan Greenspan as he proves his mettle to anxious moneymen around the world...
...cope not only with political disaster but also with a host of domestic crises. The family farm and peanut business, which had been in blind trust during his presidency, were mired in disarray and debt. The couple found themselves facing the bleak prospect of an unwanted retirement and uncertain future. "We think that the experiences that we had are the kind of things that happen to anybody," explains Jimmy. "We tried to relate what we did to what happens to a truck driver, or anybody...
What all of these seniors have in common is that they are willing to face this uncertain profession. they have a high tolerance for ambiguity. Few other Harvard seniors are willing to leap into the world with so few safety nets. Many may not know what they are doing after graduation, but for most that is a temporary condition soon rectified by a steadily paying job or a spot in a graduate school. These actors have chosen to pursue a career even when there are few jobs...
...President himself. Ollie North and his band of private and semi-private operatives were not acting as rogue agents but with, at best, an implicit understanding of what they were up to among officials at the highest level of government. If Reagan did not tell North in no uncertain terms to secret arms and supplies to the contras, he let it be known that such would not disturb him in the least. Nor has he indicated that he is disturbed by North's activities since they were revealed nearly 7 months...