Word: risk
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...just in terms of exposure this represents a coup for Dukakis and makes the risk worthwhile. The 90 minutes Dukakis will have to himself is in itself worth millions of dollars; appearing on Nightline will provide him with an immense audience. Unlike political commercials, which voters tend to resent and ignore, the show's format will tend to make viewers more attentive and look more favorably upon both Dukakis and his message. The program will allow voters to see Dukakis at length and get a better sense of who he is--a widespread complaint has been that...
...highest risk group for the flu, and traditionally last on the list of those immunized, are older people living in close quarters in big-city nursing homes, said Paul StehrGreen, an immunologist with the CDC in Atlanta...
This shrewd collaboration may be calculated to keep the party from losing the initiative and divert nationalist sentiment into controllable channels. But the tactic is not without risk. Concerned that 90% of the Popular Front members are Estonian, Russians who live in the Baltic republic have formed their own "international" movement. Estonian leader Valjas has urged Popular Front members to "avoid aggravating nationalist disputes...
...think we should risk turning over the leadership and security of this free world of ours to a man...with literally no experience in foreign affairs," the vice president added...
...Students in the [seventh and eighth] grades are most at risk to drop out," Director of Elementary Education Francis X. Foley said...