Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have read. Your fine choice of the few who represent the many should give 'those who care to learn an accurate picture of the Vietnamese fighting man. You have captured the true spirit of the war by focusing on those warriors who best exemplify the thousands who daily risk their lives for their homeland. Thank...
...consultants who used the MMPI with Bonneville Power Administration personnel, our answer to the invasion-of-privacy argument is: Just as a banker must ask personal questions to evaluate a credit risk, so must an employer ask personal questions to evaluate an employment risk. If personality tests such as the MMPI invade privacy, so do security clearances, medical examinations, reference checks, lie detectors, police records and employment interviews...
...architects object that boards, bricks and nails are dangerous playthings. On the contrary, says Lady Allen, accidents are less frequent in her playgrounds than in conventional asphalt lots, probably because immovable playthings "bore children and breed a sort of mass hysteria." Anyway, she adds, "it is better to risk a broken leg than a broken spirit. A leg can always mend. A spirit...
...guests repaired to the powder room to weep on one another's bared shoulder. Happiest among women were those who had bought the selfsame dress and decided to wear something else that evening. Then even they started worrying. This side of Kuala Lumpur, where on earth would anyone risk wearing it? As for Mme. Alphand, she allowed bravely that the multiplicity of look-alikes gave "a kick to the ball-in a nice way of course." But then she was wearing a Cardin polka-dot organza-on both shoulders...
Assorted Deans: We really can't accept them. They're too great a risk. Even the best of them drop out and get married...