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He is expected to say that everyone from the advisers on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and cabinet ministers to ordinary members of the public, from those in huge companies to people sleeping rough, "we all face uncertainty, uncontrollability and unpredictability".

From BBC

“Adjusting our expectations to account for unpredictability, uncontrollability and the fact that our lives may be disrupted on and off, and building that into our expectations, would be good for our mental health,” said Karestan Koenen, a professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the Harvard T.H.

“Adjusting our expectations to account for unpredictability, uncontrollability and the fact that our lives may be disrupted on and off, and building that into our expectations, would be good for our mental health,” said Karestan Koenen, a professor of psychiatric epidemiology at the Harvard T.H.

“The difference between a foul ball and a double down the line is a matter of inches. The slightest edge makes a difference. At the same time, you realize even if you do your best, there’s a certain uncontrollability and randomness to the game. They realize someone else is in charge of life, and it’s not me. God is in charge,” he said.

She was sitting in the House of Commons and pretending, with her shoulders shaking in a paroxysm of carefully calculated uncontrollability, to be convulsed at Jeremy Corbyn or some other Labour luminary of equally low wattage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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