Word: uncertainity
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...well the Democratic ticket will do in the South will be the turnout among blacks, whose registration has risen 13% since 1982. Jesse Jackson's willingness to get those voters to the polls remains uncertain. When Jackson criticized Ferraro for not appointing more blacks to her campaign staff, she struck back strongly, calling him "an actor" who "should know better." Jackson later announced he was abandoning a hastily devised plan to run for the Senate from South Carolina and instead would devote his energies to Mondale and Ferraro...
...Aztecs' religion. The war god Huitzilopochtli required blood as the price of Aztec victory and the rain god Tlaloc required it as the price of the harvest; if these gods remained unpropitiated, the world would end. Exactly how many victims were thus sacrificed (and later eaten) remains uncertain, but it is believed that 20,000 prisoners were offered up on the altar of the Great Temple when it was officially dedicated...
...married woman who uses her maiden name professionally, Geraldine Ferraro has left a lot of people uncertain about how to address her. In a letter last year to the Washington Post, she clarified the matter, sort of: "I just wanted to let you know that I am a married Ms. I am Mrs. John A. Zaccaro to my kids' teachers and the electric company; Congresswoman Ferraro when I run for reelection; Geraldine to many of my constituents; Gerry to my friends, and Ms. Ferraro to just about anyone else...
...Lilco is in the worst shape of all, and Wall Street analysts bet that if there is a utility bankruptcy, Lilco will be the first. Lilco is awaiting approval of $200 million in bank loans, along with rate increases of another $200 million, but help from both quarters is uncertain. Governor Mario Cuomo has said he will not support a state bailout to prevent a Lilco bankruptcy, and regulatory authorities are ensnarled in what size rate hikes to grant...
...Alberto Leon was one of several people indicted on drug-conspiracy charges in California after police searches of their homes and cars had turned up a large quantity of drugs. A judge had issued the warrant, even though it was based on outdated information provided by an informant of uncertain reliability. Two federal courts later threw out much of the key evidence because the warrant had been issued without a showing of "probable cause" to believe a crime was being committed...