Word: uncertainity
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...gained from it is undoubtedly an inducement. Yet in a larger sense, the staff allow themselves to become intimately wrapped up in the welter of conflicts faced by their patients. At least technically, their part in the decision to perform an operation can be as difficult and as uncertain as that of the women; medical and legal risks are everpresent and diverse--there is not even a definite consensus as to the period of gestation after which a fetus should not be aborted...
More even than his uncertain conception of Malory, Steinbeck's misunderstanding of the nature of the legend itself creates problems in the work. He seems to have had little grasp of the innate flaws in the characters of Arthur, Lancelot or Gwenyver that led them inevitably to their end. He wrote to Otis, "Why this work should come to be known as the Morte d'Arthur I will never know." The comment indicates that he didn't see the story as a series of sevents leading to a climactic and all-encompassing death, a statement about human life...
Troubled by Echeverria's uncertain response to the fiscal crisis, Mexican and foreign investors were bothered this year by the fact that the President was not behaving at all like a lame duck. While López Portillo was busy campaigning, the mercurial "Don Luis" continued working an 18-hour day-fueling rumors spread by his conservative critics that he intended to stay in power, possibly by means of a military coup. His last major act as President was a political shocker. Charging that wealthy landlords had violated Mexican law by masking their holdings under relatives' names, Echeverria...
...making a big-budget quality movie that may never turn a profit. He does it over the protests of the corporate lawyer, Fleishacker (Ray Milland), and Studio Chief Pat Brady (Robert Mitchum), who has described his production chief as a "goddam Vine Street Jesus." As much as his uncertain health and assaults of melancholy, it is good taste that ultimately undoes Stahr and permits Brady and the board of directors...
...just the opposite is the problem," Perry said. "Students now narrow down their career possibilities very early to ensure success, yet still feel uncertain and insecure about their chances of making...