Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those with no head for heights, all mountain climbers are crazy; but climbers divide themselves into two schools : sportsmen who try to reach their objective with a minimum of risk, and danger-loving fatalists who want to do it the hard...
...Queen and about 120 guests. The party could be seen through the brightly lighted windows of the Palace. Popular cheers and impatience increased, and Minister of Interior Albert Sarraut squirmed nervously on his chair, several times half rose as if to order the curtains drawn, to shut out vague Danger. After the last star turn, the Queen, then the King were seen expressing themselves earnestly to the President and Mme Lebrun, finally won their point and appeared on the low balcony amid pandemonium which made their last night in Paris a real triumph. Although M. Sarraut almost swooned with anxiety...
...medieval." Manager West arose and barked: "I don't know whether the medical profession is any more proud of him [Cabot] than he is of the medical profession." As for the plan, he continued "centralization of control of medical service by any State agency" would bring "great danger to the health of the nation." Said Editor Fishbein, vexed that Miss Roche had not consulted the potent A. M. A. in preparing her program: "I could tear to pieces . . . this program. . . . Medical care is not the most important problem before the people of the United States today. . . . The fundamental needs...
...wants social workers in its camp. C. L. O. is out to organize 50,000 of them. President Jacob Baker of C. L. O.'s United Federal Workers of America (Government employes' union) sent emissaries to Seattle with a message saying: "Unorganized, these [Government] workers present a danger to the labor movement. . . . They will be sympathetic to Labor or they will be hostile and there is no middle ground." Mr. Baker's organizers found the social workers at Seattle about equally divided between: 1) Elders who regarded themselves rather as members of a profession than as proletarians...
When he was growing wealthy and in danger of arrest, she tried to burn his incriminating papers, failed, and watched him go to prison. For the seven years that he was there, frightened Julie rebounded between the stuffy, self-righteous world of her sister, and the rebellious, desperate, exciting world to which Goldberg had introduced her. An Irish boy fell in love with her, carried her off to Ireland to live with his parents until she could make up her mind to marry him. Julie loved him too, loved Ireland, tried to disinfect her speech and thoughts to conform with...