Word: risk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entire generation of Americans run the risk of knowing no other leaders than George Bush and Ronald Reagan. They are being taught that "liberal" is a dirty word, that government is bad and that style matters more than substance. Michael S. Dukakis teaches us the opposite. He is an intelligent man, with a compassionate heart, a strong leader who has led his state to economic recovery even as he ensured that it would care for its needy. He instituted an innovative policy for getting people off welfare, he led the passage of universal state health care, and he has proven...
...slow to anger. After ten years of being a chief executive, I've developed a certain inner calm and steadiness about me. It's not a bad resource, by the way, to have as President. If you get angry every day, you're going to be a real risk. I think it's an asset to be steady and a unifier. Incidentally, that quality stood me in good stead in the primaries...
...discussions have led me to the following conclusions. Although the ALJ's opinion contains unwarranted and gratuitous comments about participants in the proceedings and can be disputed on other grounds as well, I do not believe that the odds of securing a reversal are substantial enough to outweigh the risks of imposing a long and fruitless delay that could frustrate the interests of many of our employees and prejudice constructive relations with the union over the long run. Instead, I have concluded that a decision not to file exceptions will improve the prospects of working creatively with representatives...
...challenge for schools is to help kids overcome denial by emphasizing high-risk behavior" rather than simply discussing AIDS as a disease that strikes risk-groups such as gay men and drug users, Davidson said. In actuality, she said, teen-agers are becoming a high-risk group themselves because of the lack of education...
...AIDS transmission during sex to teach students how to avoid infection, she said. She also urged schools to go beyond traditional programs of sexual education to not only explain such practices as using condoms but also to teach social skills that may prevent the development of habitual high-risk behavior...