Word: hazardously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speak, toward Gary Daterman and begin circling his head. Other moths are continually drawn to the steering wheel of Daterman's auto, his clothing and almost anything he touches. In fact, Daterman has become irresistible to moths during the mating season. Their infatuation with him is a hazard of his job: to devise cunning new forms of biological warfare against insects (TIME cover, July...
...crowded confines of the racquetball court, beginners need not chase errant shots as tennis players must, and singles, not doubles matches are the rule. The ball comes zinging back like a small cannon ball, and an opponent's 18-in. stringed racquet can be a hazard, often inflicting racquetball's most distinctive mark-waffle-face. It is hell in a very small place...
...elective levels, Republicans have lesser prospects. There is no chance that they can overcome the huge Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in 1978. In the Senate, elementary arithmetic will work against the G.O.P.: two years from now, more Republican seats (17) than Democratic (16) will be at hazard. But Republicans will have a chance that year to make dramatic gains in Governors' chairs. Only seven G.O.P. incumbents will be up for reelection, but fully 22 incumbent Democratic Governors must place their performance records on the line by '78. Possible G.O.P. gains include Maryland, where Marvin Mandel...
...greatest hazard for pollsters has been the volatility of the electorate in a year when neither major party candidate commands an unswervingly loyal national constituency. Thus relative trivialities (Carter's remarks to Playboy about lust, Ford's golfing trips from his congressional days) may prompt voters with a soft allegiance to one candidate to shift to an equally transient preference for the other. The debates have contributed heavily to the volatility -Ford gained after the first, Carter after the second-which underscores the importance of this week's third debate...
...difficult to say how many Americans threw out their bottles of cherries last week. Those who didn't probably share the opinion of David M. Hegsted, professor of Nutrition, who says, "Being alive is a hazard, and we all have to go sometime...