Word: uncertainity
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...week on the Senate. There the Foreign Relations Committee will take up the pro-aid recommendation of its subcommittee in deliberations that one staff member describes as "searching their souls, trying to make the right decision." Committee sentiment seems almost evenly split, with prospects in the full Senate equally uncertain if an aid bill reaches the floor. Unless some aid measure also emerges from the House, however, any Senate approval will be in vain. In practical terms, the Administration's best bet seems to lie in getting approval to shift existing Pentagon funds to keep ammunition flowing to Cambodia...
...number of students who will receive aid is still uncertain since the program is experimental, and the budget has not yet been determined, Janet-Fraser, assistant director of the Institute said yesterday...
...these uncertain times it seems a waste of people power to deny any segment of society, by reason of race, sex, national origin, religious preference, or age, a channel of learning that does not depend on academic or economic performance or on familiar ties. Many of us pursuing later dreams need just as much encouragement and new experience as our juniors, and are often more open to new perspectives from unrelated younger friends than from our own recently-sprung progeny...
...broader responsibility. In addition, since there is a strong demand for broadly trained administrators in relatively self-contained professions such as health, education, and urban planning, similar programs must be devised in the other graduate schools that serve these professions. Finally, since careers in public service remain fragmented and uncertain, especially for political appointees and elective officials, ample room must be left for students who wish to hedge their bets by combining an education for public responsibility with a law or business degree...
...accounted for about 30% of all tax-exempt bonds sold in the U.S. over the past few years. As money grew tight, investors began to look more closely ' at the U.D.C. 's unconventional moral-obligation bonds, which are tied not to specific projects but to the highly uncertain fortunes of the agency as a whole. Meanwhile, the U.D.C. 's welcome on Wall Street was wearing thinner by the month as a result of friction between Ed ward J. Logue, the agency's former president, and the New York banking community, where Logue was considered...