Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holding of elections. If we reach the point where fewer .politicians insult the revolution and where they accept their obligations as servants of the people, then perhaps we may have the opportunity to talk about these things from a closer vantage point. When will this time come? I cannot risk a prophecy...
...these days, filled with the clamor over ROTC and over the larger issue of student power in the University, I run the risk of seeming trivial in broaching the subject that I do. Yet I think that the Harvard-Radcliffe bus is an issue which holds large enough practical significance for a large enough number of us that it should not be allowed to die without at least some arguments in its favor...
...days later was lucky enough to speak with Fritz Lang, a magnificent man and one of our greatest artists. Long recounted that a major studio executive said to him during the summer, "We don't want to make good pictures out here--only moneymakers with as little risk as possible." Neither Lang nor I could think of a single working director here who actively opposes this true production code: "They've all given up," Lang said shaking his head more in irritation than sadness, "Nobody in Hollywood fights anymore...
Given that the world resembles the world, there is an aura of calm surrounding the Lost People--never beginning a particular road they never risk a wrong turn or an end. A mindless (being either above or below mind, if not on a totally different scale) journey like sleeping with your eyes open in the clear and cold...
...following story), they have reason to cringe when it comes to repairing aged or ailing cars. As Economist William N. Leonard, a professor at Long Island's Hofstra University, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee last week: "No matter where you go for auto repairs, you run the risk of a fleecing. The automobile-service business has become a jungle for the consumer...