Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mess at Baldonnel. "Crack goes the whip, off go the horses, and round go the wheels at 5 o'clock!" he shouted. The report just received from the British Air Ministry said that almost ideal conditions might be expected as far as mid-Atlantic, though beyond lay possible danger...
Inasmuch as Freshmen have only a week left in which to consult advisers and departmental representatives, they are urged to make the necessary appointments as soon as possible. Very few cards have been filed as yet, and there is danger that all may not be able to see their advisers before the time limit expires. Absolutely no extensions will be granted in cases of tardiness...
...house in which the American Consul and his family and staff, together with many others, had been driven to seek refuge from the assaults of an unrestrained soldiery; and not only did it provide the only conceivable means by which the lives of this party were saved from the danger that immediately threatened them, but it also made possible the evacuation of the other Americans residing at Nanking, who were in actual peril of their lives...
...That copper amalgam fillings, so often used in filling children's teeth, constitute the greatest source of danger, but silver and gold amalgams have also found their victims...
...greatest danger involved in the new plan of intercollegiate scholastic competition is, perhaps, that it will be taken too seriously. A comparison of the ten best divisional examination papers at Harvard and Yale in English, or in any other subject, with appropriate prizes provided for the college which is deemed to have struck the higher average could scarcely in itself be detrimental to the best interests of education. A certain amount of glory attached to the victorious college an to the individual victors is also desirable as an incentive to greater academic effort. The glory thus won by the victorious...