Word: uncertainity
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...precedent seems almost trivial by comparison. And Reagan might well remember the inflationary jolt of the early 1970s that came when the Arab states increased their oil prices. Under Reagan, energy has magically disappeared as a cause of inflation, but, in fact, our national reliance on a costly and uncertain flow of oil from the middle east still remains one of our most dangerous predicaments...
...equality and justice, universally distributed. Perhaps, as the November results would indicate, the future is not with the Citizens Party; certainly it does not lie with "throwing money" at problems, or, conversely, with abandoning them to the "invisible hand." A future with equitably distributed taxes and without dangerous or uncertain energy sources; with civil rights and without handguns; and with more evenly distributed economic benefits and without a political system that inspires only meagre participation--this is a future still worth fighting for, and not, we believe, one that the Reagan presidency will provide. The current leaders in the struggle...
...Adding that most universities' programs have "a history and culture bias," he says. "We're trying to involve other social sciences in the curriculum." This approach would naturally require the appointment of economists, sociologists and possibly legal experts to the faculty, as well as historians and literature specialists. The uncertain direction and focus of the department's academic efforts makes it difficult to draw scholars away from their welldefined roles at other universities. As Huggins says. "Economists and other professors as such usually don't think of themselves this way as Afro-American types...
...last week of April, during one phone conversation with a White House aide, Schmidt was asked to "please make that official," and he did. And three days later came the reply, a "very polite and courteous"--but definite--no. "To this day I am still uncertain whether President Reagan himself was aware of the situation or had any interest in coming to Harvard at this time," Allison says...
Harvard has disappointed me. Four year ago, when I arrived at the steps of Pennypacker, I felt an uncertain thrill at being here. As my mother kissed me goodbye, I felt I was being left to discover people of infinite wisdom at in institution of infinite benevolence...