But the risks are two sided, and sound economic policy is just as much about capitalizing on good times as avoiding bad ones.

That is an intricate operation and success is far from assured.

In addition, both sources of financing are also uncertain.

Moreover, China s internal evolution remains uncertain.

The short term outlook is uncertain. In the longer run, however, it s right to bet on the economic benefits of democratization.

Its fatality rate is uncertain but appears to be 75 to 100 .

The scale of China s unconventional energy endowments is still relatively uncertain.

But, while the timing is uncertain, the trade offs are pretty clear.

The complete process, which also generates an electric ring current around the Earth, is uncertain.

Exceptional periods sometimes create exceptional leaders.

Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Cairo talks is anything but certain.

Since last year the fate of Nile University, Egypt's first research university, has been uncertain.

In these tough economic times, we are all acutely aware that security comes at a price.

The risk of progression from Barrett's to dysplasia is uncertain, but is estimated at about 20 of cases.

In normal times, history is left to historians and economic policy debate relies on models and econometric estimates.

A proven approach

But the former is usually implicit and uncertain, making it vulnerable to default.

With tougher economic times inevitably come tougher positions toward foreign competition and outsourcing.

The long term sustainability of Russia s military revival is also unclear.

Benjamin Franklin once said, In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

The only known information about this battle is from a copied inscription at Nippur, and the date for the battle is uncertain.

But the team has been unable to conclude with certainty that all the intelligence apparatus has been withdrawn.

The polder model is a term with uncertain origin that was first used to describe the acclaimed Dutch version of consensus based economic and social policy making, specifically in the 1980s and 1990s.

But nothing is certain.

Having family on which one can rely is very important in times of economic hardship especially if there are children involved.

In its haste to declare independence unilaterally, Kosovo condemned itself to an uncertain future internationally.

Access for human rights officers to military intelligence and national security and intelligence services detention facilities remains problematic.

And that's the one that I said we knew for certain.

In fact, ketamine s future as a therapy for depression would be uncertain even if its efficacy were more strongly established.

On 12 February 2005, an unconfirmed report alleged that two of these prisoners had escaped and returned to Morocco.

Nothing is assured, of course.

This might be appropriate in times of systemic crisis, but it is not sustainable in normal times.

In absence of cerebral function monitoring or frank return to consciousness, the neurological status of patients undergoing CPR is intrinsically uncertain.

Furthermore, the complainant's marital status remains uncertain, as the information he provided contains clear discrepancies.

In extraordinary times, history is, in fact, a better guide than models estimated with data from ordinary times, because it captures variance that standard time series techniques ignore.

The legal effect of the outbreak of hostilities between parties to a treaty is still uncertain, and the only comprehensive treatment of the subject is now out of date. The topic is outside the scope of the Convention (art.

It induces us to save, accumulate, and invest by promising us safe and liquid investments even in extraordinary times.

From all time

Obviously, these choices become harder still in abnormal times, when major global changes occur and central banks follow unconventional policies. But a new, low cost approach promises to ease the challenge confronting investors in normal and abnormal times alike.

However, effects on deep water fish are likely to depend on whether temperatures change at great depths, which is still uncertain.

Are the Good Times Over?

Because transitions are dangerous times.

Times have changed a lot.

Let the Good Times Roll Again?

This is one of those times.