Word: uncertainity
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...militant workers' chances to take control of their society appear stronger in Britain today than in any other advanced industrial nation. Britain's troubles could be the opportunity for a thorough-going reorganization of society in the interests of the working class. Whether this can be achieved is uncertain. The British people will have to take the decision into their own hands--and may find the voting lever an inadequate means to their ends...
...showed Fellini searching for some new form, like a diary (The Clowns, A Director's Notebook) or a primitive pageant (Satyricon). What began to emerge in Roma was a synthesis of direct reminiscence and fantasy, of dream and experience, of actuality and archetype. Roma was unsteady and uncertain, but Amarcord marks a triumphant consolidation. It represents some of the finest work Fellini has ever done-which also means that it stands with the best that anyone in films has ever achieved...
...hard to believe, however, that even the lowliest peasant is totally unaware that his country faces an uncertain and perhaps worrisome future. Dominated for a quarter of a century by the ideas and personality of one man, China has yet to go through the experience, always wrenching in a one-party state, of a transferal of supreme state power. But Mao Tse-tung is now 81; although apparently in command of his party, he is physically very feeble. His much heralded meetings with foreign dignitaries, held usually in his book-lined study, are always spur-of-the-moment affairs, apparently...
Also injured during the hectic week was the silver-haired, mild-mannered Buchen, who tried to brief reporters on the pardon decision, but seemed uncertain and unaware of the full implications (see THE PRESS). When
From the time of its founding in 1879, Radcliffe contained what many thought would be the seeds of its own destruction. The schools's original charter provided in no uncertain terms that Radcliffe's funds and property could be turned over to Harvard College whenever such an arrangement would improve education at the two schools...