Word: risk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration also hopes that a pro-Bork vote by Heflin will inspire other conservative Southern Democrats to risk offending their increasingly influential black constituents by supporting the nomination. The Democrats hold a 54-to-46 majority in the Senate, so Bork will need all the crossover votes...
...keep up? A new special-purpose financial institution, the College Savings Bank of Princeton, N.J., is offering a novel solution: a certificate of deposit featuring an interest rate tied to an annual index of higher-education costs. Says Bank Chairman Peter Roberts: "With us, families have shifted the risk ((of rising tuition and inflation)) from the household to the bank." Even if a child skips college, the parents can still cash in the CollegeSure CD for the full amount of savings and interest payments. The new certificate serves a purpose similar to the tuition-prepayment plans that some colleges offer...
...Soviet Union would not take a backseat to anyone in space science. Admits NASA's Briggs: "They closed a big gap." But Sagdeyev has made it clear that catching up was only the beginning. He has now directed his considerable intellect, political capital and diplomatic charm to another high-risk international mission. If all goes according to plan, the Phobos probes will take off next summer for Mars. When they reach the Red Planet some 200 days and 118 million miles later, they will orbit for a time, taking data on solar physics. The first Phobos will match orbits with...
...rigorous in checking students' identifications. "We check I.D.'s strictly," says Brown, who scrutinizes identifications at the Boathouse. "I'm not going to have any sympathy for people under 21 who are trying to get in. I think they can usually find other places to drink, and besides, the risk of losing our license or being closed down is just too much...
...article on the GSAS housing crunch on the front page of the September 17, 1987 issue of The Crimson, I must take issue with Stephen Black's quote, "It shouldn't come as a surprise to any of them because they weren't promised housing. They knew the risk and there's not a damned thing the University can do about...