Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...over the parapet of the Stadium to the track below. They may have gained two minutes over their more orderly neighbors, but this saving in time hardly justifies the risk involved. The more jump is, of course, not difficult, but with an unwieldy and pushing crowd, there is great danger of falling over hurdles and other obstructions, and if one man falls, those who are following at his heels will be unable to keep from piling...
...fighting day by day. The large, hungry, starving crowd of the unemployed which march through London every winter present another enormous problem. Besides all this, the slums are a breeding place for all kinds of doctrines; and anarchy and socialism preached today under thousands of red flags create great danger...
These islands, among which Professor Jaggar and his associates have spent the summer, from part of a submerged mountain chain from Alaska to Kamchatka, and glacial action has so deepended the valleys that the result is called a sea of mountains. Owing to the prevalence of gales and the danger of the coasts, ships have rarely visited the archipelago. The islands are destitute of trees, but are covered with a thick growth of herbage. The climate is foggy but free from extremes...
...time during the game yesterday were the Juniors in any danger of being defeated. Most of their runs were the direct result of the errors of the Seniors, and in only the inning did they result from hitting. The features of the game consisted of a remarkable stop by McCarthy of a hard liner, the batting of Bird, who made four hits out of four times at bat, and the excellent playing of Osborne. Greene's pitching was weak, and he retired in the sixth inning in favor of Hall. The score by innings: Innings...
Before the migrations, the Greeks had always buried their dead; but after them, the dead were cremated or hidden in secret places to avoid danger of their being exhumed by foreigners...