Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...supposed to be accomplished with characteristic CIA attention to secrecy. Only N.S.A. presidents (who serve one-year terms) and a couple of other top officers were told about the arrangement. They were required to sign a national-security pledge that they would never reveal that information-at the risk of a maximum 20-year prison sentence for violating its terms. Over the years, N.S.A. actually did have dribbles of cash coming from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, as well as from the State Department, but CIA was by far the most generous banker...
...Besides, the cold logic of deterrence works only when the opponent is capable of understanding it. What if the uneasy ruler of a new nuclear power were to make an irrational decision that he had more to gain than to lose from an attack on the U.S., whatever the risk of retaliation...
...Englishman Jim Baker, Crimson coach Bill McCurdy admits that the balancing would be mighty fine. As it is, McCurdy has to judge between the team's versus the individual's interests several times a season when a key runner is lightly injured. Are the potential points worth the risk of greater injury...
...supersede existing laws-of the kind that are in force in most states-that flatly bar all abortions, including therapeutic ones, except to save the life of the mother. Instead, the bills would allow committees of doctors to authorize abortions in cases of 1) rape or incest, 2) substantial risk that the infant would be born defective, or 3) substantial risk to the mother's "physical or mental health...
...follows within a few days or weeks. The "Vietnamese time bomb," as it has been grimly nicknamed, can be effectively treated by Chloromycetin. The drug, which is used against typhoid, must be given in large doses for at least a month. The prolonged period is essential but not without risk of side effects (including possibly fatal anemia). Since little or no effect is noted at the beginning of treatment, the doctor must be confident enough of his diagnosis to continue the dosage...