Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gush of oxygen into the outer Fiberglas chamber squeezed the blood out of the Silastic core into the aorta. In the process, it pushed the blood along with much more force than Mrs. Ceraso's enlarged and enfeebled left ventricle could have mustered unaided. To reduce the risk of blood damage or other complications, Dr. Kantrowitz and the hovering cardiologists did not leave the pump running continuously but switched it off every couple of hours...
Timothy Leary, former lecturer in Clinical Psychology, termed anti-LSD laws "hysterical" and "unrealistic." He proposed that Brown try LSD to "discover first-hand why the young people of his state are willing to risk prison to expand their consciousness...
...bank's loan policy differ significantly from that of white banks. It is the largest participant in Small Business Administration loans in the city. Since the Federal Government insures these loans up to 90 per cent of their value, the bank takes on a smaller part of the loan risk. It can extend credit to businesses too small or new to have amassed enough profit to finance desired improvements. But even in this category sources from inside the bank indicate that 40 per cent are going to firms located outside of Harlem. The bank will not say what percentage...
...small individual accounts. Therefore, the bank must rely on building up a large enough volume of small accounts to make handling them profitable. In the bank's present situation, where the costs of funds available to loan out are high, it is a normal banking reaction to minimize loan risk by spreading loans to other areas than Harlem, and to other borrowers than Negroes...
Another problem which students presented to Mrs. Bunting is the width of the steep, wooden stairs: 31 inches. One Cliffie commented that she "would not ask any friend of mine to risk his life carrying anything downstairs that weighed more than ten pounds." Mrs. Bunting tentatively offered to have College workmen or professional movers move everyone out, but another student noted that "anyone carrying things down those stairs is bound to get killed, and Radcliffe workmen have as much right to live...