Article: Uncertainty and the Environment. (Book Reviews/Comptes rendus).

Article: Uncertain Decisions: Bridging Theory and ...
Journal of Risk and Insurance;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... labeling the orthodox decision theories as "soft uncertainty" and designating the unfamiliar world as "hard uncertainty." Hard uncertainty has complete ignorance as its upper bound. It may be a small consolation to the unde

Article: Global warming heats up: uncertainties, both scientific and ...
Brookings Review;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... production. Conversely, higher temperatures might turn frozen wastelands into productive farmland. Why Cooperation Is Hard Uncertainty about the causes and consequences of global warming greatly shapes the debate over climate change. It is hard to motivate ...

Article: LETTER TO A DISCONTENTED TEEN-AGER
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 8, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... choice, just not the best one. Don't follow that wild impulse to leave the house, the state, the universe. Living is hard. Uncertainty is scary. Courage is being scared and taking a stand anyway. Will you drink and drive and kill your friend? Then will ...

Article: Young garda dies after collision with speeding car
The Irish Times;  December 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Buncrana Garda station and pay tribute to the young officer who died earlier in the day following ... to convey his sympathy in person. "A young garda, in the line of his duty, has ... the dead officer. Gary McLoughlin, the youngest member of a farming family, is survived ...

Article: Priests accuse church of bad, dishonest leadership
The Irish Times;  December 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... structure "does not allow for openness and accountability. The institution does not allow for voices from the bottom up". Younger priests in Dublin "are very hurt. The institution has acted in a way that has caused the integrity of all of us to be questioned ...

Article: UN-backed Congolese militia accused of killing 732 civilians
The Irish Times;  December 15, 2009 ;     665 words ... ... country have been massacred, girls were gang- raped, and young men accused of supporting the rebels decapitated between January ... themselves into the FDLR. The rebels have been known to recruit young boys to fight as child soldiers, and women and girls are forced ...

Article: An uncomfortable truth: many rapists might be beyond educating
The Irish Times;  December 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... needs to be an education programme for young men. However, I have serious doubts about ... prospect of an education programme for young women, along the lines of "going out ... card-carrying feminist, I would advise young women to go out and party and have a good ...