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...number of players in the game approaches the with number, the hazard from irrational trategies, or from here accident, must rise. In the words of G.P. Snow--the Godkin lecturer two years ago--We know, with the certain of statistical truth, that if enough of these weapons are made--by enough different states--some of them are going to blow...
...itself might cause injury, there was reassurance from both California and a Cornell University study: in only a fraction of 1% of accidents did belts cause injury, and even when they did, there was always the possibility that without them the injuries would have been worse. As for the hazard of being trapped by a belt in a burning or submerged car, the National Safety Council says: "The belt greatly improves your chances of survival. It helps to keep you conscious, so you can get clear of the car." Free to Squirm. Doctors, who are among the first...
...huge ten-year study of 50,000 pregnancies and the health and growth of the resulting children. Smoking during pregnancy is of special interest to the researchers because women who smoke seem more likely to have their babies prematurely. And prematurity, despite recent medical progress, is a hazard to health and even life: 50% of all babies who die in the first month after delivery are among the 7% born prematurely. Some doctors, though, see no direct connection between smoking and prematurity; they argue that the problem is a matter of temperament, that high-strung women who smoke would have...
...most favored mode. Dr. Joseph F. Shea, Holmes's deputy in charge of systems, makes a convincing case for the decision. Each mode, says Shea, was broken down into major elements, starting with takeoff from the earth. To each element was assigned a number expressing its relative hazard as accurately as possible. A very safe element, for instance, might have been given the fraction .9998, while a very dangerous one might have gotten .75, meaning that it would probably fail one out of four times. After all the hazard numbers, from take-off to return, were multiplied together...
Staying Put. Surveys show that most oldsters (90%) stay put in the town where they have always lived before retirement overtook them. But few any longer live with their children. This traditional solution is packed with hazard in contemporary America. The young people's sense of their right to live their own lives conflicts with the Biblical injunction to "honor thy father and thy mother." The old folks' conviction that "I don't want to be a burden" conflicts with "after all I've done for them, they...