Friends say Mr. Wasserman learned the hard way not to expand into areas with uncertain promise.
The highly uncertain promise of shale gas in Europe means governments are faced with a dilemma about whether to put aside scarce resources to invest more in alternative sources, including renewable energy.
Long before we get to the rest of the country, that Jeb can fix his own campaign – that, in fact, his campaign might itself not be the problem – seems right now like the most uncertain promise of all.
Why couldn't she have been at the head of the class, for once?" The Morgan's interior courtyard was bathed in sunlight: no snow now, only the uncertain promise of spring.
Valentine's Day (named if not by phonetic decay for the Palatine priests, then for the zealous saint who in the third century is said to have arranged secret marriages for Roman soldiers after the emperor, Claudius II, is said to have forbidden wedlock as an unwarlike distraction) still conveys a giggling air of carnality and the uncertain promise of raffish coupling.
"Are people so dazzled by fame that they will decide the best charitable use of $200,000 is to freeze a famous criminal's mother based on an uncertain promise of future reanimation?" he asked.
And I think that most people bring this fear and loathing to any discussion of debt -- the idea that you are mortgaging yourself in the present on the uncertain promise of a better future.
It's better to give an uncertain promise than not answer their phones or did not immediately reply their SMS (short message service).
Mark Green, the public advocate, and Alan G. Hevesi, the city comptroller, have openly mocked Mr. Vallone's plan, saying the economy is too uncertain to promise that amount of money to one area.
