Word: uncertainity
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...Minister Menachem Begin would keep a long-scheduled date to visit Washington next week. In Central American policy the Administration, snubbed in an effort to open negotiations with the leftist guerrillas in El Salvador, is concentrating instead on negotiating with its Democratic opposition in the House, so far with uncertain prospects. The troublesome details...
...broader ways has the freewheeling British crown colony from which they came. But Britain's lease on most of Hong Kong's territory runs out in 1997, and the Chinese are determined to reimpose their sovereignty. That demand has turned Hong Kong into a city uncertain of its future and worried by the lack of progress in negotiations to resolve it. But now there is at least some cause for hope. After nine months of official silence, Britain and China are talking again...
Charter flights, which six years ago accounted for 28% of the tourist traffic, lost much of their business, but in the past two years have steadily regained force. This summer privately booked aircraft hope to take some 15% of all American tourists abroad. No longer is the charter trip uncertain and uncomfortable. Such is the buying power of travel wholesalers that packagers can almost always provide better rooms and entertainment for the price than the individual can negotiate. Says Air Florida Official Robin Cohn: "It's almost stupid not to take a charter package...
...voters are asked whether they find each candidate "acceptable" or "unacceptable." Glenn's acceptable/unacceptable ratio is 53% to 20%, Mondale's is 49% to 35%, Cranston's is 20% to 25%, and Hart's is 16% to 19%. (In each case the remainder were uncertain or unfamiliar with the candidates...
Many health links are still uncertain, but new studies are adding more damning evidence. More and more, communities are taking action to isolate and regulate dangerous chemicals. At least five states, including New York, California and Connecticut, have passed Right to Know laws and more than a dozen state legislatures are currently considering similar provisions. Clearly, the issue will not go away nor can states afford to close their eyes or pinch pennies on protection. As one of the bill's proponents remarked in response to charges that the list of hazardous chemicals was too lengthy, "It', not our fault...