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Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

Because she was raw and uncertain, and she liked to keep all the messy parts of herself to herself. ... As much as Lena liked to hide the mess and display the finished product, by this point she was all mess and no product.

The fact that U.S. officials cannot rule out further attacks will keep consumers here and abroad in a deeply uncertain state.

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.

There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.

I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.

All creeds are fallible and uncertain evidences of evangelical piety.

I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

What is uncertain is how much further the bubble can expand, and what might pop it.

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain

We understand that proposed non-labor benefits include such items as full estimated benefit of the alliance with US Airways -- items whose economic value is uncertain in amount and timing, ... Everything we see in this glimpse at a key piece of UAL's loan application suggest a low probability that they will grant approval.

We should not even consider carbon mandates when the science is uncertain and recent policies addressing carbon intensity haven't even been implemented yet.

While our earnings for the quarter and the six months were essentially flat year over year, we have seen positive developments since the first quarter and believe that our fundamental strengths, our exceptional asset base and our experienced management team will serve us well as we continue to move forward in an uncertain environment,

The question to me is, what do we do? You kind of can see where (commissioner David) Stern is coming from, but I wonder if he's at a game and it's someone he cares about. What would he do? What are we supposed to do? This ruling tells us, again, in no uncertain terms, don't go in the stands. So now my question is, what do we do if someone we love is getting attacked?

This will help people who have been uncertain (about the fats in foods) to be much more concrete about what's in these foods.

While it appears on the surface that the departures were personal in nature, given that the company is in a critical phase of its growth with 2006 and 2007 capacity expected to increase 14 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, we think the departures of key personnel create an uncertain outlook.

With such an uncertain outlook, the new statement must be flexible enough to leave officials with several options for future action.

The government has to put more money into public goods such as education, health care and pensions so people feel less uncertain about their future and more willing to spend.

You are not getting much direction from oil because it is ... not showing much of a trend. People are a bit uncertain and the base metals are probably not helping ... Gold seems to be struggling to get back above $555 - the halfway point between the high and the low.

While we expected tough and uncertain conditions ... it has been far more difficult than we previously projected.

To see what guns (were) in what people's hands, ... We know that these two are probably involved, the ones that are deceased. We are uncertain if we have other members in there.

To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgment, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. Approval cannot be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it.

There is some speculation that CLP might announce a generous payout. But the company continues to face an overhang because of the uncertain outcome of its talks with the government on the scheme of controls relating to the operations of power companies in Hong Kong.

The recent collapse of fertility in Russia has been almost completely economic. When people are uncertain about the future, they don't have children.

The recreation community asked me (Thursday) in no uncertain terms to please not vote today.

This week most people are trying to go ahead and get as much medicine as they can because they're so uncertain about what it's going to mean.

What it triggers is the clock ticking. It just becomes a little more of a pressure cooker.... It's all stressful, uncertain times.

Uncertain times are the best shot unions have to try and increase their organizing efforts in the private sector, ... The real question is, ' Are they going to be successful?'

We mourned the loss and the uncertain future of the most well-known mandolin in the world.

We helped explain it to the Congress, but also Congress was getting people from back home who explained it to them in no uncertain terms.

We are unwilling to send police and judges into a new thicket of 4th Amendment law, to seek a creature of uncertain description that is neither a plain-view inspection nor yet a ""full-blown search.

This new triad is designed to transform our strategic capabilities to deal with an uncertain future, and it reflects new thinking about the meaning and purpose of U.S. strategic capabilities.

There have been many predictions, mostly based on guesswork, that India's AIDS problem will explode -- as it did in southern Africa -- but we now have direct evidence of something positive. The good news is that HIV in young adults appears to be declining in the south -- most likely or perhaps only due to men keeping away from (sex workers) or using condoms more often when they do. The not-so-good news is that trends in the north remain uncertain and poorly studied.

Books for teens are amazing and compelling, I think, because they're generally set in a time in people's lives when they are uncertain about who they are and who they love and what the right thing is to do.

Even though there are probably a lot of nonvoters among the people who are undecided, this proportion of uncertain voters indicates continuing movement even shortly before the election.

Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.

As the court articulated in no uncertain terms, there is a right way and a wrong way to conduct a business. This settlement makes clear that businesses are well aware when they are operating on the wrong side of that line.

As the Postal Service has evolved, I have become increasingly concerned about its uncertain antitrust status, ... As we go forward, I believe that we must re-examine the continued viability of the Postal Service's antitrust immunity if it is to compete against private businesses.

At this point, it's so uncertain ... that it would be foolish to speculate on a date.

Consequently, the strength in the upturn in economic activity has become more uncertain inside and outside the euro area.

Even if people agree with the need for reforms, they are uncertain about the flat tax. They are starting to fear that they could be the losers in this reform.

There's no longer any serious doubt that climate change is real,accelerating and caused by human activities. We are uncertain about how deep and time of arrival of the consequences, but we are quite clear that they will not be good.

The timing of a civil aviation delivery recovery remains uncertain and will likely be no earlier than 2005.

Things will be very uncertain on Monday as we are looking at two very different scenarios.

These are uncertain times. We've got on our belts, suspenders, parachutes and skyhooks,

The scope of the displacement of persons out of the Gulf coast into the rest of the country and the enormity of the economic and social and fiscal challenges leave me very uncertain as to when, if ever, we recover.

It would take years with a really uncertain outcome,

The stock market may be uncertain about the economy, but venture capitalists aren't. They're betting on the future.

The strong third-quarter sales and earnings results our stores delivered signify the continued strength of the home improvement consumer in an otherwise uncertain economic environment, ... ... Demographic and societal trends continue to provide longer-term opportunity for our company as Americans increase their focus on the comforts of home.

The special sphere of finance within economics is the study of allocation and deployment of economic resources, both spatially and across time, in an uncertain environment. To capture the influence and interaction of time and uncertainty effectively requires sophisticated mathematical and computational tools.

Sometimes writing has to be forced. In starting out, the shape and timbre and texture of what is to come is an uncertain chimera shimmering from behind a veil. You must not wait, loiter, dilly-dally. You must force your way painfully through.

Sometimes movies that I'm in that I have a leading role don't necessarily get the biggest release, so it's a difficult thing between balancing indies that have uncertain futures and maybe larger films that have guaranteed releases that you have a smaller part in.

seemed uncertain and sluggish, hesitant to declare martial law or a state of emergency, which would have opened the door to more Pentagon help.

Quite frankly, that surprised us in terms of the number of people who came out. We hadn't done it before so we were a little uncertain as to how many people would show. Our estimates had it in the six- or seven-thousand range, and to have over 14,000 surprised us - in a very positive way. We're very excited about that.

Radio faces an uncertain future, but doom is not around the corner. It's just over the horizon.

After the city lost all of its recreational supplies and equipment in the storm, at one point we were uncertain if we were going to be able to hold our annual summer camp. But thanks to the tremendous outpouring of support, it looks like we will be in great shape and we are looking forward to another exciting summer for our campers.

Advertising sales have been slow all year due to the uncertain economy, but the business disruption caused by the events of the Sept. 11 national tragedies contributed further to this issue,

Advertising markets have remained uncertain and short term in the first quarter ... and we are seeing somewhat lower revenues in the early months of 2006.

The most important news here is that the viable flood maps are being issued today. I think it's important because it brings certainty to some uncertain issues along the greater New Orleans area.

Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you to line up with certain social norms, certain behaviours. Whenever you forgot about them, they'd be strongly reiterated to you, in no uncertain terms.

One cannot help but begin the year with the sense that uncertain times lie ahead. The world economy is in a much more fragile state.

Once the situation is settled it'll go very quickly. But if it isn't, it's going to go real slow because it's uncharted waters. You don't want to make a move that you may not have to make, and we're uncertain of what we can do until this thing gets ironed out.

Companies are still very cautious because the outlook is uncertain and jobs are an investment into the future. They know that 2006 will be a good year but also expect 2007 to be weaker and that's a reason to keep hiring on hold.

Despite the triple threat of rising fuel costs, devastating weather events and an uncertain economy, Chrysler Group delivered consistent monthly and quarterly results with a robust mix of four-, six-, and eight-cylinder products.

An uncertain election will do that -- people don't know who the president will be, what's ahead.

That's not a great message to send to your most loyal international business partner and best friend in an uncertain world.

You never want to be sluggish. Hitting is the most uncertain thing is baseball. You just never know.

A lot of companies are kind of pre-announcing uncertain second halves, or disappointing second halves.

Although these discussions are continuing, the outcome is uncertain and may have a significant impact on the company's Dec. 31, 2005, financial statements. ... Accordingly, the company is unable to complete its audited financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005, until the outcome of the current discussions is better understood.

This past year has been a challenging period ... as economic slowdowns in several key markets had a short-term impact, slowing volume growth and affecting our earnings, ... Even though the economic environment became more uncertain and volatile in the later part of 1998, we strongly believe that our fundamental opportunities for long-term growth have not changed.

They posted stellar results despite an uncertain macro environment. It's a testament to the strength of the brand and their ability to execute. There appears to be no slowdown in spending for the luxury consumer.

They posted stellar results despite an uncertain macro environment, ... It's a testament to the strength of the brand and their ability to execute. There appears to be no slowdown in spending for the luxury consumer.

There's a lot of work to do. It's a very uncertain time right now.

About 42 percent of the growth in global demand is coming from China, where there is virtually no price sensitivity to demand. There's a huge relationship to income growth there, but a very uncertain relationship to price at all.

It's just a more uncertain world out there, ... There is more of a possibility of losing something, a loved one or a child. Maybe too there's an increasing sense of powerlessness, that we don't have as much control over the world as we used to five or 10 years ago.

It's a sad scenario you see over and over again. The kid is going to be here, make no mistake. In no uncertain terms, it's hurting this football team. Anybody who wants to justify it the other way is mistaken.

It's a game with uncertain payoffs. The plaintiffs can keep playing, and risk not getting anything, or stop now and take a sure thing.

It's a highly uncertain regime after that date. Nobody wants to be the first to try out a new law.

It is uncertain at this time how soon the export crisis will be resolved, ... With current world conditions, the import problem is far broader than hot-rolled products from three countries, and we continue to evaluate new trade cases against these and other nations covering a number of products.

It's going to be a pretty hard task to sell when the future of the most profitable part of Telstra is so uncertain and risky. Its main business is in decline, and the downside is hard to ascertain.

Domestic partners named in wills are clearly taken care of, and those who live in New York we believe are eligible. However, partners not named in wills and not in New York, it is uncertain and is within the special master's discretion.

Consumers may be wobbly, owing to high energy prices, a vulnerable housing sector and increasingly uncertain medical and pension benefits, but there is nothing like the whiff of solid job growth to keep them on their feet.

Even when we brought those (bingo devices) in, they didn't replace paper. We're still uncertain about how much demand there might be.

That's perhaps the most uncertain piece of the forecast. There's a lot of pent-up demand for mobile experiences, but the user base isn't there to drive an advertising model.

It's still uncertain as we speak. He has been able to do some things that looked fairly impressive. And yet he has still not been given clearance (for games).

The boss is very protective of the ballpark. He told me in no uncertain terms to view it as a cathedral and don't do anything that would lose the essence of a baseball cathedral.

The Bhopal laboratory, after checks and rechecks, confirmed in no uncertain terms that it was avian influenza, H1N5.

The basic science is very well established; it is well understood that global warming is due to greenhouse gases. What is uncertain is projections about specifics in the next few decades, by how much will the climate change.

It never entered my mind that she was not going to be a candidate, ... And I do believe that she was taking a heavy hit on the fact that so many people were uncertain as to what she might do.

It's an attempt to bring certainty into an uncertain world. Soldiers do the same thing every occupation with a lot of uncertainty.

It was partly that, it was partly also ... it had to do with -- he is the kind of individual who will make those kinds of charges and then come act as though he's your best friend, and I expressed in no uncertain terms my views of his conduct and walked away,

I want to say absolutely and unequivocally that Ms. Lewinsky told me in no uncertain terms that she did not have a sexual relationship with the president. At no time did I ever say, suggest or intimate to her that she should lie.

It was 200 years ago that the folks who settled Watertown, the Coffeen's, the Massey's, et cetera, gathered here on this location and formed the beginnings of a community. We are what we are today because they were willing to take the chance and move here with their families, facing an uncertain future, no real livelihood, and probably a pretty foreboding environment,

They are uncertain about when they are going to be laid off, and they are equally uncertain about the future of their homes.

This is consistent with our February 2002 worldwide IT spending survey results, which indicated that IT budgets remain highly uncertain and that IT capital spending growth in 2002 is likely to be modest.

Any American who has spent time in Iraq or Afghanistan will tell you: the closer you get, the less certain you are of anything. If you are in Iraq, if you are in Afghanistan, everything is ambiguous. Everything is murky and gray and uncertain and possibly lethal.

Exactly where and when it's going to make the turn, it's too uncertain to say.

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.

Inflation is sufficiently low and tame -- and the economic outlook is sufficiently uncertain -- to be of little concern to the Fed at present.

In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.