Word: dismissing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thank you for the tranquilizer prescribed by gentle Dr. Libby. It is a vast relief to know that we may dismiss from our minds the fears that have haunted Dr. Schweitzer. Surely it is needless to face fearful facts when playing ostrich is so much more comforting...
Libby did not deny that there was risk in the tests; for example, "excessive dosages" of strontium 90 can cause bone cancer and leukemia in animals, "so we should not casually dismiss the possibility of harmful results from fallout." But the risk appears to be remote. Reason: there is no present evidence that people living at high altitudes or on land with heavy uranium deposits are more susceptible to these diseases than anyone else. In sum, the risk to man from H-bomb testing "is extremely small compared with risks which persons everywhere take as a normal part of their...
P.B.H. had urged Larry R. Johnson '57, Council president, that the association's permanent Drive Committee would enable it to run the solicitations more efficiently. P.B.H. vice-president Peter N. Stearns '57 emphasized last night that under this plan the Student Council would have full power to appoint and dismiss the drive chairman...
Hook further complains that Chafee is apt to dismiss the question of security as a game of cops and robbers, since he is too willing to leave matters...
...informed by Mayor Eddie Sullivan that the Council has already passed an order in support of a flat $440 salary increase, but that it was the City Manager's prerogative to make appropriations. The Council, however, has the right to dismiss him at any time by a majority vote...