Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prevent both discomfort and danger, Dr. Peckham advises, wear proper sunglasses-"the darker the better." Manufacturers are satisfied if their glasses cut out one-third of the light rays; some ophthalmologists now suggest cutting out as much as 80% to 90%. (The Navy issued some sunglasses which cut out 88%.) Dark glasses need not make it harder to see objects in bright light; they may help when much of the light is unnecessary. Advertising boasts of filtering out "harmful rays," says Dr. Peckham, are meaningless. Under ordinary conditions, he continues, infrared and ultraviolet rays, both invisible, make little difference; visible...
...There is danger, also, that such a clause could be used as a restriction on the freedom of undergraduate groups. There is no question that discrimination is a bad thing; but against this particular method of combating it must be weighed the abridgement of freedom -- an abridgement which would set a precedent for the Council, or for University Hall, further to limit the membership, actions, or purposes of student groups. There are too many such regulations...
...some form of U.S. assistance to spur a break with Moscow. Last week London's shrewd Economist analyzed the premises on which this argument is based, found them extremely shaky. The Economist's analysis gave sharp warning that the China Reds represent a clear and present danger to the West. Excerpts...
Glamourous Gospel. "China remains extremely weak in modern industry and heavy armaments, and the Communists, with all their energy, have little prospect of substantially altering this state of affairs for a long time. There is no danger in the near future of Chinese fleets and armies following the Japanese path of conquest to the Bay of Bengal or the Timor...
...reviewing the "cold war" between the democratic countries and Russia, Kaltenborn saw victory for the democracies on two of three fronts. Communism is an ever-diminishing danger rather than a menace in the U.S. while Europe has shown a definite reaction against Communism in recent months, he said. The situation is Asia is still "undecided," he added...