Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although feeling that the growth of the new program may well be beneficial--"a monopoly isn't desirable in any field"--the Dean warned that there is a danger in asking schools to administer too many tests...
Fidel often talks in these vague, general terms. Fidel is an idealist, an "emotional idealist," he will tell you. For years he ran his revolutionary machine on little more than idealism. But now, there is danger that idealism may become the tragic flaw of over-fanatic belief in his revolution and in his sole ability to guide the country, and the result could lead to downfall of Cuba and of Castro...
Although the loyalty provision of the National Defense Education Act may appear harmless to many, the University's opposition to the loyalty oath involves much more than mere academic quibbling. The loyalty provisions now in the NDEA (Section 1001f) meet no clear and present security danger, but form instead a perilous restriction on academic autonomy and civil freedoms...
...variety of guises, e.g., Japanese "B" in eastern Asia; Murray Valley Fever in Australia; Mayaro and Ilheus in South and Central America; dengue in India and the West Indies; Chikungunya in Africa; Omsk hemorrhagic fever in Russia. Only a few of the forms circulate widely, even fewer represent great danger to human life. The virulent Japanese "B" variety has been spread across Asia by migrating herons, sometimes affects thousands in a summer. Some 2,800 died in Japan and Korea last year; another epidemic this summer has killed 500 in Korea alone...
...without attacking the ailment's cause (whether emotional or organic), but the authors argue otherwise. Their conclusion: Because psychological problems may be the dominant factor in many cases of hiccups, hypnosis can be a most effective treatment, especially when surgery is impracticable or when the spasms are a danger to life...