Word: uncertainity
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...orders us out of the house, then goes to bed. We take him seriously and make plans to depart. Nonsense, we are told by his granddaughter, he doesn't really mean it, Tomorrow he will be fine, he won't even remember what he said. Still, we are uncertain. It seems ungrateful to stay in someone's house after he tells you to leave. Besides, we are afraid of him. So help me, we decide to spend the night in the suite above his garage. We tell ourselves that we wish to avoid awakening him in the morning by stumbling...
WHEN SOME EX-LINEBACKER comes up to you in Tommy's Lunch at three in the morning and demands a bite of your cheese steak do you tell him, in no uncertain terms, "With or without mustard?" You've got lots of company if you're the kind of person who walks away from a fight. Most of us hum along with Elton but stay clear of Father's on a Saturday night. So maybe if a townie leans out his car window to inquire, "Move it, ya Hahvahd queah!" you pretend not to notice. But you move it--silently...
...even then, Lady Luck reared her ugly head. Several Crimson runners, uncertain of the course, ran more than they were supposed to. The score should have been much closer than the 17-40 official tally...
...last week by stating that he favored "some form of sanctions" against Pretoria. Young was accurately telegraphing the Administration's view. Referring to the South African crackdown at his Thursday press conference, President Carter declared: "I think it's important that we express in no uncertain terms our deep and legitimate concern about those actions ... my decision has been to support strong sanctions against the sale of weapons to South Africa...
Phase I will be completed by January, Alfred M. Gibbens, director of the Development Office, said yesterday, adding that the status of Phase II is uncertain...