Word: uncertainity
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...Herut Party gathered last week to elect his successor in a boisterous, eight-hour-long session. If the attention of an anxious nation had been riveted on Begin while he debated whether to resign, Israelis seemed determined, once that decision was made, to move into the new and uncertain post-Begin era without looking back...
...coalition of conscience," as the marchers called themselves, speaks for segments of the nation whose combined numbers could make a difference on important issues. What remains uncertain, however, is whether they will be able to speak with one voice on any occasion other than a mass conclave in the August sun. The concept of conscience, after all, implies the will to do what is right. It does not necessarily follow, even in a coalition committed to joint action, that everyone agrees on what that is. Especially when many-blacks, peace activists, environmentalists, organized labor-are also competing to win public...
Suddenly, violently, Philippine politics had entered an uncertain new era, and the 17-year-old regime of President Ferdinand Marcos seemed vulnerable. Many in Manila have believed for some time that Marcos, 65, is chronically ill-a kidney ailment and lupus erythematosus are the most common rumors-and a peaceful succession is by no means certain. Marcos' authoritarian rule, coupled with a deepening economic crisis, has fostered widespread apathy and cynicism, and driven many young Filipinos into the country's small but increasingly troublesome Communist movement. That has weakened the nonviolent center and raised the chances...
...last-minute $9.1 million loan agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting salvaged the network's immediate crisis, but NPR's future seems uncertain at best. The loan, together with $2.2 million pledged in a recent three-day fundraiser (the first ever for NPR) and additional funds from local member stations, will go a long way to meeting immediate debts, but won't necessarily restore funding for programming, or restore workers who have been laidoff...
Part of the unease in Congress, however, is prompted not by inept legislative tactics or even doubts about what seem to be poorly coordinated strategic decisions, but by a feeling that the Administration is trying for a "quick fix" in Central America (see ESSAY). Discouraged by the length and uncertain prospects of economic and diplomatic efforts, irritated by the difficulties of winning congressional approval for their strategy and feeling themselves under pressure to produce measurable progress in Central America before the 1984 presidential campaign gets fully under way, some White House advisers are pushing for a combination of military moves...