Word: uncertainity
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...mediate a P.L.O. withdrawal and persuade the Israelis to lift their siege of West Beirut, Haig will be able to quit in fact as well as in name. (He left Washington last Thursday for a Fourth of July weekend in West Virginia, uncertain when, or if, he would be back.) But such a settlement will only bring a new set of problems to the fore. The U.S. will then have to work out some formula for an Israeli withdrawal from a neutralized Lebanon. The goal, after that, will be to revive the long-stalled negotiations on autonomy for the Palestinians...
...many analysts, the present crisis was a result of insufficient attention by the Reagan Administration to Middle East problems and repeated Administration weakness in the face of Israeli intransigence. Said Harold Saunders, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East: "The Reagan Administration warned Israel in no uncertain terms not to move into Lebanon. Not only did Israel proceed to invade, but it did so at the worst of all possible times from a U.S. standpoint. What does that tell you about Israel's respect...
...broad appeal of the antinuclear arms movement, which up to now had been its main strength, may have become its most serious weakness. With so many constituents to please, the movement seems uncertain about what to do next. There is a vision of ultimate success, of course: the dismantling of all the world's nuclear arsenals, no more threat of annihilation. With this dream no sane person can quibble. Where the disagreement comes is over what workable, real-world arms control measures will be acceptable and, even more, how to achieve them...
Indeed, these students can use all the help they can get. They know that there has never been such a flood of college-educated talent hitting the work force in such uncertain times. They must compete not only with one another but with the equally competitive classes of the past three or four Junes. How can America make room for all of them? Elizabeth Wiegard, a graduate of Fordham University in New York City, who is determinedly planning a Ph.D. in medieval studies, voices their anxieties: "I get to feeling pretty bleak sometimes. I have sort of an apocalyptic view...
...times near its northern border with Lebanon, then each time aborted a strike. But when the Israeli Cabinet finally gave Defense Minister Ariel Sharon the go-ahead for the attack at 11 a.m. on a sunny Sunday morning in Galilee, the impact was stunning, and the portents were both uncertain and ominous...