Word: hazarding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TURQUOISE HAZARD-Alfred Betts Caldwell-Crime Club...
Died. Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge, 67, retired Manhattan banker, landscape artist, son of Painter John La Farge, brother of Architect Christopher Grant La Farge, Artist Bancel La Farge, Co-Editor John La Farge, S. J. of Jesuit America; in Manhattan...
Even the machine-loving Wells, who delights in huge dynamos and motors, can little more than hazard a fantastic guess as to the material form of the world in 2036. Gigantic cranes, enormous turbines, subterranean glass cities, and unidentifyable masses of machinery (produced by miniature effects and unusual angles) all contribute to a world of technical wonders. Yet these are childishly grotesque, limited by the incapability of the imagination and hampered by the confinements of the present. It is more than exceptional photographic artistry: meaningless...
Prevention: Avoidance of "profound emotional stress produced principally by accident hazards and social and economic insecurity." Emotional stress "can be off set by suitable compensation, either ego-stimulating or monetary. Since modern commercial aviation lacks any great amount of ego-stimulation, it remains to establish some standard to determine at approximately what point [monetary] compensation overcomes the effect of the accident hazard...
Last week we mentioned the earthquake menace to the University Museum, 14 now appears that this is but one of the worries of the occupants of the building. There is also the fire hazard, which is by no means slight in a building whose interior in constructed primarily of wood...