Word: uncertainity
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...like a drunk sobering up after a bender. A kind of national hangover would be understandable: the tiny country has just endured four years of supercharged socialist revolution, a week of political chaos, a U.S. invasion, then a few giddy days simply feeling liberated. But what happens next is uncertain, and Grenadians and the American invaders both seem to be getting cranky. Military occupation, no matter how well intentioned, is never pleasant. "For the fact that the U.S. came, I say thanks," remarks Kevin Williams of Grand Roy (pop. 300). "But the quicker they get out, the better." On that...
Despite these success stories, the fiscal fate of many states is still uncertain. One alarm bell is the dangerously low level of reserve funds. Georgia's protective surplus stands at $9 million, the lowest level in 15 years. "That would run the state government for about six hours," says Clark Stevens, director of the Governor's office of planning and budget. In even worse shape is Mississippi, which is looking at a $120 million deficit in fiscal 1984, despite $250 million in pared spending. "We've cut all the fat we can," laments outgoing Democratic Governor William...
...protracted East-West war of nerves over the deployment of intermediate-range Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe. The first new U.S. nuclear weapons had arrived. It was now up to the Soviets to make good on their many threats to begin a new and uncertain chapter in the tortuous history of the nuclear arms race...
...surcharge is not the only rate increase in the works. Local phone companies have been madly filing for price hikes with state public service commissions. A total of $6.7 billion hi increases has been requested this year. The outlook for those applications is uncertain, and public service commissions are expected to be tough with the phone companies...
Wylie hoped to Own one of the Independents by receiving transfer votes from Richard Bradson, the special interest candidate backed by condominium owners. Branson was 11th in the race, and pols were uncertain whether his constituents would transfer votes to CCA candidates or to conservatives. On the one hand, condo owners tend to be young and upward mobile, the profile of the typical CCA supporter. On the other hand, the CCA has taken a strong stand against condo conversion, to product low-to moderate-income housing...