Word: hazarding
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...into habits of study which would be, in Shepherd, for example, quite unfeasible. The only legitimate regrets are that this reform was not effected sooner, and that it finally came, not because of its advisability, but because of its expediency, Shepherd having been threatened with condemnation as a fire hazard...
...days nearly to the minute after his take-off that word reached the U. S. of Mattern's safety in Norway. About 600 mi. out from Newfoundland he had hit stormy weather and the far more vicious hazard of ice. Throughout a night ''which seemed like a year" he fought thunderstorms, with ice on his wings nearly forcing him into the sea. He lost his course, missed England & Scotland completely, discovered himself over the coast of Norway which he was not prepared to navigate. With fuel running low, he picked out a landing spot in an island...
Ever since Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont left it in 1917 to build a medieval castle at Sands Point (now inhabited by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst), and later to go abroad and die, her old estate near Hempstead, L. I. has been on the downgrade. It was sold to Cold Stream Corp., which converted part of it into a golf club not too choosey about its membership. Last week a plaintiff with a debt against Cold Stream Corp. asked that a receiver be appointed for the property. The appointee was one Felix A. Duffy, secretary to Nassau County...
...police the locations and registration numbers of the cars which they find parked during the night. Meanwhile the local traffic squad has itself started a drive against such offenses and has already tagged over a hundred cars; it calls attention to complains received from townspeople and emphasizes the fire hazard of parking on River Street or in back of Dunster House, near the area of frame dwellings. Unrealistically, the University insists that any student who can afford to run a car is also able to meet monthly rental charges. Even if this were universally true, such a student would...
...garage men of the vicinity have been going out about 4 o'clock in the morning and checking up on the number of cars left in the streets and have then complained to the police. Special attention has been given to cars parked on streets where there are fire hazards. Riverside Street in front of the Houses facing on the river must be kept clear by orders of the fire department. Those streets in back of Dunster House where there are many wooden buildings are also considered to be in a fire hazard district...