Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decided to do some sidewalk research. On the tony Upper East Side, the group encountered a bedraggled, incoherent woman lying in the street, having thoroughly soiled herself. The woman could not be forcibly committed to a mental health institution, said the experts, because she did not present an "imminent danger." Koch was stunned, and recalled thinking, "You're loony yourself...
...just announced that on Oct. 1 the city will begin the involuntary institutionalization of the homeless mentally ill who are incapable of caring for themselves. The new "self-neglect" rule, as one city official calls it, will loosen the current requirement that the potential patient be an immediate danger to himself or others. This tough standard is common around the U.S. To be accepted in crowded mental health facilities nowadays, says Jill Halverson, a Los Angeles activist, "a homeless person has to be either killing himself in front of the admitting doctor or trying to kill the admitting doctor...
...diplomatic moves were played out, U.S. officials criticized Iraq for heating up the war again. That untimely escalation threatens peace discussions at the U.N. and poses a greater danger than ever to U.S. naval forces, which since July 21 have been providing protection to eleven reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers. At the same time, the U.S. denounced Tehran's dilatory tactics in responding to a July 20 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. The Reagan Administration even briefly threatened to seek an international arms embargo against Iran...
Flush with cash and encouraged by the falling dollar, investors from overseas are snapping up skyscrapers and shopping malls, corporations and forest land, refineries and casinos. Already, Manhattan' s landmark Tiffany building is Japanese, Brooks Brothers is Canadian, and Sohio is in British hands. Is foreign ownership a danger? See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...same altitude but are 60 miles apart. To make sure they are on course, crews are expected to log their position at waypoints based on latitude and longitude and to report it by radio to air controllers. At best, this could alert the monitoring stations to any developing danger, and the controllers could suggest changes in course, altitude or speed...