Word: hazard
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...from one nation to another, but because ownership and control of crucial economic assets is becoming ever more widely distributed. Though the Industrial Revolution's crucible 200 years ago was the Atlantic world, there has always been economic activity and wealth elsewhere. Now, investors and entrepreneurs from anywhere can hazard their skills and fortunes wheresoever they choose. Colette Neuville, a French shareholder activist, says of Mittal's bid: "It was a shock to discover that there are companies in places we used to refer to as the Third World that have become equal partners, or more than equal partners. Nobody...
...round of ski team golf ended in a vomitous hazard this Friday night. The revelers ended in Kirkland, where one reveler puked all over five people sitting on a sofa. Casualties included the inside of one Prada purse, a cashmere sweater, and the partygoer’s dignity. Even grosser: the lads that live in the room didn’t clean up the upchuck until three days later. A sophomore girl made her small screen debut during a certain club’s initiation. We hear the IMDB entry is Deep Throat: Final Club. An executive member of Harvard...
...claim that Harvard may bear responsibility for damage done to the buttress roots of the tree. Her claim is that decay had been detected back in 2004 and led Harvard’s “experts” to conclude that the tree was a safety hazard. We would like to respond to these somewhat vague and dismissive remarks with some questions. First, if the tree was, in fact, a safety hazard in 2004, why did Harvard leave it standing there? Why didn’t they apply to the City to have it removed then...
...join American political dialogue in more concentrated ways. “Throughout history, Asians would rather stay silent than stick out,” he says. They want their children to be the cream of the mainstream. I think [taking the safe route] is more of a hazard than it is beneficial.” Asian Americans feature relatively little in the UC, and even less so in national politics. Often, Asians and the American majority feel mutual discomfort with the weaving of Asians into the political and social fabric, and that discomfornt manifests itself in a reluctance for either...
...national security letters,” which carry with them a “gag rule,” that prevents recipients from discussing the letters with anyone but their lawyers. (Those investigated can challenge this gag rule.) For researchers using services like RefWorks, the potential hazard is that their academic work could be red-flagged and investigated without their knowledge...