Word: risk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Persons who ate in the Currier House Grill Thursday, January 7, 1988 and only on that single date, are at potential risk of exposure to infectious hepatitis (Hepatis A). The latter is a virus-induced inflammation of the liver which can be prevented or modified by the administration of immune globulin. Individuals who partook of Currier Grill food on January 7 are urged to come into the immunization on the fourth floor of Holyoke Center between the hours...
...said the major issue in the invasion of telecommunication privacy is that people are unaware that their security is at risk, and that official institutions deny the severity of the problem...
...crowded home in the huge Jabalia camp, Zainab, a widow of 50, and her five children said they were determined to keep up the protest despite the Israeli crackdown. Her son Jawad, 17, has already served several jail terms for his anti-Israeli activities, and is willing to risk more. "Let it be known to the Israelis that we are strong," Jawad told a visitor. "We are capable of confronting them on all fields. We are not going to run away as the Egyptian army did in 1967." Asked what his goals were, Jawad replied, "Very simple. I want...
...attempt to combat further spread of AIDS, Axelrod has written to New York State's 50,000 physicians, including obstetricians and gynecologists, recommending that they routinely counsel all women of childbearing age about the risk of AIDS. The letter urges that all women in the early stages of pregnancy, or even considering pregnancy, be tested. Radio and television campaigns, brochures and posters are also in the works. "The studies are telling us the extent to which AIDS has spread within the community, particularly the intravenous drug-abusing community," Axelrod argues. "We have to look at every preventive action...
...Year's Day, when 60% of Soviet industry was put on a "self-financing" basis. The new system allows enterprises to decide what to produce and where to sell it, but it also requires them to earn a profit or go out of business. Those elements of capitalist-style risk taking are frighteningly foreign to managers accustomed to relying on Moscow's central planners for virtually all business decisions. If employees of successful enterprises can anticipate increased bonuses and shared profits, others face the hitherto unknown prospect of plant closures and severe job dislocations...