Word: hazardous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Precept & Example. In Detroit, James Morgan, arrested for creating a hazard by storing combustibles in his shop, identified himself as the sign painter who makes safety posters for the city. In Newcastle, Australia, after Radio Announcer Philip C. Furley warned listeners to get their government listening licenses, he was fined $15 for not renewing...
Only 75,000 books must be moved from Widener to Lamont. Should bad weather prevail at moving time, the underground tunnel which connects the two libraries will be used. At Princeton, the entire transportation job had to be done above ground, with weather a hazard during the operation...
...advertisement was right about above-ground explosions like those at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There radiation was the third hazard, since most of the radiation went upward and was absorbed into the atmosphere. But the Army failed to say that with underwater explosions like the Bikini bomb blast (as TIME reported), radiation is the No. I hazard...
Occupational Hazard. In Los Angeles, Lillie Elizabeth Simmons filed a claim against the city for $10,669, complained that she had broken her heel when she missed a 30-inch hurdle during a policewoman's test...
...first item--the chain which closes the street from 11 p.m. until early morning--is a hazard in itself; for fire engines and ambulances would have as much trouble bypassing it as private vehicles do. The other measure would not seriously hamper fire engines or snow clearance, for an average of 20 cars are in the area during the day when owners are certainly not within reach for hasty removal...