Word: risk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...risk of catching AIDS from a transfusion is seven times as great as that admitted by blood banks...
Ensconced in their aeries overlooking Santa Monica Beach, the residents of Pacific Palisades sit atop 60 million bbl. of oil. Occidental Petroleum had fought for 18 years to get at the oil, while environmentalists battled the company in court, warning of the risk of earthquakes throughout the Malibu area. The no-drilling battle cry was taken up by celebrities such as Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Last month, however, the California Supreme Court finally allowed Occidental to begin drilling at the base of a 225-ft. cliff next to the Pacific Coast Highway...
...models because of a defect that occasionally caused engine fires. Fiero's demise may also have been helped along by steep insurance rates, which ran as high as $5,000 in some states because the young unmarried men who favored the auto were generally considered high-risk drivers. Fiero suffered too from a surfeit of two- seaters. With as many as five other such cars seeking a chunk of a dwindling market, Fiero sales fell from nearly 102,000 in 1984 to 47,000 last year. This year analysts expected sales to drop...
...John Wayne Hearn put a classified ad in Soldier of Fortune seeking "high risk assignments" and other work for ex-Marines and weapons specialists. Robert Black Jr. saw it and ended up hiring Hearn to murder his wife Sandra for $10,000. Both were convicted of the crime. But Sandra Black's mother and 18-year-old son also blamed Soldier of Fortune and filed a $22.5 million negligence suit against the combative, Rambo-lining magazine. Last week a federal jury in Houston ordered the magazine to pay $9.4 million in damages. "We're sending out a message to other...
...showing divestment activists who really didn't want to risk their college social life or career prospects by giving their all to the movement, the movie made the point that everyone in the Black community should not be expected to protest for divestment. Although Black people are lumped together in one group due to the color of their skin, Blacks remain individuals and it stands to reason that every Black would not be pro-divestment...