Word: risked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...delighted to find that the abused children are not flayed for their gaming instincts. The love of taking a chance is so ingrained that even in these days people still risk pennies in subway slot machines where the possible gain is nothing and the probable loss therefore, comparatively large. The love of slot machines, however, may arise from another source. There have been rumors of people who ride up and down in the rear elevator of Widener Library whenever they go to the Reading Room merely for the animal satisfaction of pressing the buttons. This, at least, entails no pecuniary...
...President received a letter from Edward L. Doheny who offered to complete at his personal risk the Navy's oil storage tanks at Hawaii. He said failure to complete the tanks soon would result in loss of the investment. Payments to Mr. Doheny's company which was building the tanks under its oil lease, have been stopped...
...Iselin's Valere was a joy; the boyish lover, ready to marry anyone to prove that he will not be flouted, and yet man enough to risk all that he has to save Organ...
...goodness,' says the Good Parisien, 'I cannot go out any more; I find the boulevard dug up; I risk being run over; and I may be shot if I meet a madman or a persecuted drunkard. What are the people doing who are charged to look after my security? What a Préfet de Police doing, his commissaries, his agents, and of what good are the mental prophylactic service and the lunatic asylum...
...said, are neither mushy nor maudlin. In segregating them for the term of their natural lives, he eliminates all possibility of pardon or ultimate release. It might be urged that a murderer might very well reform with the passage of time, but in the general run of cases, the risk to the rest of the population which a premature release or an error in judgment would entail, seems to justify at least permanent confinement--where the present penalty is usually death...