Word: uncertainity
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...than a game of chess played on the real-world chessboard, they say, and we all know that Ronald Reagan is no grandmaster. Hindered by inexperience and unsophistication in foreign affairs, he seems incapable of designing the cautions, prudent strategy necessary to lead a superpower in a dangerous and uncertain world...
...European capitals, the official reaction to Reagan's gambit was all but euphoric. Uncertain of the President's true intentions, Western leaders were eager for a signal that he was seriously committed to the "two-track" decision reached by NATO in 1979, which linked the stationing of new nuclear weapons in Europe to a renewed effort by the U.S. to negotiate realistic arms limits with the Soviets. The President helped dispel some of those doubts. In Bonn, where Brezhnev was scheduled to start a four-day visit on Sunday, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt had just concluded talks with British...
...midnight last Friday, when an earlier resolution designed to keep the money flowing expired. Bureaucrats tried to figure out just which activities the Government could legally continue without some kind of spending authority from Congress and which ones it would have to shut down. They produced only the most uncertain answers (see box). Chaos threatened...
...dedication ceremony, a union leader told a cheering crowd: "The nation that loses its culture and history yields to the pressure of other nations." Last week, Poles were clearly using the past to fortify themselves in a shaky and uncertain present...
...crowd of some 200 White House reporters, who gave him a welcoming ovation. Brady should be home from the hospital by Thanksgiving, and although he is still partially paralyzed on his left side, he will eventually be able to walk with a cane. A full recovery is still uncertain. Even so, the press secretary's impish wit was much in evidence. Joined for the ribbon-cutting in the press room by the President and First Lady Nancy Reagan, Brady smiled as the President told reporters, "This room is built over a swimming pool. It isn't true, however...