Word: risked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dave Shoup's Medal of Honor citation describes a marines' marine: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty . . . although suffering from a serious, painful leg wound . . . Colonel Shoup fearlessly exposed himself to terrific, relentless artillery, machine-gun and rifle fire ... He assumed command of all landed troops and, working without rest under constant, withering enemy fire during the next two days conducted smashing attacks against unbelievably strong and fanatically defended Japanese positions . . . Colonel Shoup was largely responsible for the final, decisive defeat of the enemy . . ." Shoup...
...diplomacy," as dramatized by Vice President Richard M. Nixon's visit to Moscow [Aug. 3]. Why shouldn't the leaders of the nations meet, rub shoulders, wave fists and argue occasionally in public? Why shouldn't the peoples of the nations meet and discuss, argue and risk an occasional sock in the jaw? Altogether it is good, sharp, educational stuff for both us and the Russians...
...TIME, the press run marks the renewal of an old friendship. It was Williams, then in New York City, who in February 1923 printed the first issue of a bold journalistic pioneer, TIME, the Weekly Newsmagazine. Later that year when Williams moved to Albany, TIME was unwilling to risk slowing deliveries to readers by printing outside New York City, and the association was suspended. In the years since, both Williams and TIME have grown, and a measure of the growth is shown in the size of fledgling TIME'S first print order: a modest 25,000. This week Williams...
...diseases it has previously learned, discards all but three, offers these to the doctor by code number. A couple of questions enable the doctor to rule out two, and he has his diagnosis. But there are several ways of treating this disease, none 100% effective and all with some risk. The physician punches more buttons, lets the computer decide mathematically which treatment has the best chance of success with the least risk. Resorting at last to the historically illegible penmanship of his profession, he writes a prescription...
...that one of us may have a bigger bomb, a faster plane or a more powerful rocket than the other at any particular time no longer adds up to an advantage. No nation in the world today is strong enough to issue an ultimatum to another without running the risk of destruction...