Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nonresponse) to it proved once again was one hard fact: the U.S. and Russia still live, as they have with some modifications since World War II, at the center of their own spheres of influence. There are certain lines beyond which neither side dares to go without the serious risk of nuclear...
...Catholics who have long com plained that the rhythm method is a highly unsatisfactory means of birth control because it is so uncertain now have added cause for concern. Two em inent gynecologists, one Irish and one Italian, say that when the rhythm method fails, it carries an added risk that the baby will be fatally malformed, suffering from anencephaly-literally, absence of a brain...
...Reduced Risk. Milan's Professor Carlo Sirtori agrees with Cross and adds mongolism to the list of congenital defects associated with outdated ova. The conventional Ogino-Knaus schedule for contraceptive rhythm bars intercourse from the twelfth to the 15th day of the cycle; Sirtori would prolong the ban through the 17th day. This way, says Sirtori, both the risk of an unwanted pregnancy and the possibility of a malformed baby are reduced...
...economists who contend that inflationary pressures in the economy are dwindling because of the 10% income-tax surcharge enacted in late June. Unless the credit brakes were eased, so their argument ran, the combination of both fiscal and monetary restraint could slow the economy too much and create the risk of a mini-recession. To offset such economic drags as a sharp drop in steel buying, a leveling off in defense outlays and the anticipated decline in consumer spending, the Administration counts on a major rebound in housing construction. Yet despite a huge backlog of unfilled demand for new housing...
...influence, charge Pearson-Anderson, his home town of Charleston had military installations lavished upon it. "His district has prospered from his service on the military committees like a tick on a fat dog." But the authors wander astray when they maintain that he is "America's top security risk" because of his drinking problem. He has gone on the wagon since he became committee chairman...