It's as if they've switched from a Groundhog Day pattern of contented repetition to the alarming uncertainty of Six Characters in Search of an Author.
A report released Friday by a research and advocacy organization, the International Crisis Group, described the political landscape as being in "a state of alarming uncertainty," citing the potential for a future military coup and armed movements fed by experienced, unemployed veterans of West Africa's recent wars.
Describing her concerns to me, Gottlieb imagined a working-class single mother who found that a fairly typical modern romantic life — a series of monogamous relationships — held alarming new uncertainties.
Mr. Gault said that in such a case the economy would be under a cloud of "extreme uncertainty," alarming investors, depressing consumer confidence and hurting businesses.
A relationship that began with alarming tumult and uncertainty has resolved itself into trusting routine, and the question for Hannah (and for us) is whether there's any story here — whether the material of intimacy is enough to sustain the essays that Hannah is writing about her life (and which, in the second scene of the episode, she tells us are coming along well).
Years earlier, the Brigham had taken wild chances in innovation under Francis Moore, its legendary head of surgery, until Moore began advocating caution in the latter half of his career, warning that "the surgeon should be aware of the fact that patients threatened by severe illness display a surprising and sometimes alarming readiness to accept uncertainty and reach out for something new".
The most alarming consequence of all this uncertainty is the surge in the number of students seeking counselling – up 28% at Russell Group institutions from 2012 to 2015.
Still, Vieira does not believe that uncertainty, or the alarming manner of City losing a two-goal lead to Manchester United last weekend, should detract from a season of promise.
One of the alarming aspects of Zika, he said, is uncertainty, since its most devastating impact is often not seen until infected mothers give birth.
For instance, when millions of people are displaced due to war, famine or any alarming circumstance, they are faced with numerous uncertainties.
The economy, executives and economists note, faces a litany of uncertainties beyond the war -- including an alarming rise in jobs lost, rising state and federal deficits, and signs of a retreat from the commitment to free trade and globalization.
