1.   As Barzun sees it, the fundamental themes are less clear than they were in past eras, partly because old certainties are unraveling.

2.   Her remarks reflect a broad sense that change is creeping up on old certainties.

3.   In place of the old certainties lies disquiet.

4.   Like many organizations, Chase is a workplace in transition, a company in which old certainties about work no longer apply.

5.   Old certainties are no longer so certain, and old securities, such as families and careers, are not so secure.

6.   The old certainties of conservative opposition to government intervention, fixed since the Reagan era, are shifting on this issue.

7.   Millions lost their social safety net, crime and corruption exploded, old certainties died.

8.   Many Bulgarians, especially the old and the most impoverished, have a hankering for the old certainties of communist days.

9.   Old certainties about Switzerland as a haven of peace, security and prosperity have been challenged.