Word: risked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nasser. They demanded, among other things, freedom of the press, creation of additional political parties, and a crackdown on the widespread government corruption that was uncovered in the trials of the military brass. Such reforms would, of course, be difficult for Nasser to undertake with out running the risk of losing control of his tightly centralized government. Even so, Nasser, who last week went with other officials to pray in a Cairo mosque, promised that he would appear on television within a week or so to explain the next stage in his self-improvement program for Egypt...
...dollar that it once had. People doubt that we can handle our own affairs." Economist Raymond Saulnier, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Eisenhower Administration, took sharp aim at the Johnson Administration: "When you live in a managed economy," he said, "you run the risk of mismanagement...
...carried IMF's prestige and power to a new eminence. Example: in 1949, when Britain devalued the pound from $4.04 to $2.80, the IMF learned about it only belatedly. Last year the British consulted with the fund for weeks before making up their minds how much devaluation to risk. Afterward, the IMF gave the U.K. a hefty $1.4 billion stand-by credit to help it get back on its feet. As one condition, IMF aides scrutinized and gave tacit approval to the draconian British budget introduced last week (see THE WORLD) before the Labor Government dared present...
...chief frustration is the necessity of tedious and tactful nego- tiation in bringing collectors out into the open, and convincing them to help. Like the studios, collectors sense the complex nature of the legal problems involved in film ownership and often prefer to hide their prints rather than risk legal battles and long expenditure of time. Although the AFI's cordial connection with the Library of Congress gives them an invaluable aid in negotiating for copies of rare films, they cannot legally guarantee an amnesty to collectors who admit ownership of black-market prints. Consequently, no uncertain skill is needed...
...yard freestyle, got back up on the blocks, and took third place in the 200-yard individual medley. Kaufmann had not swum any event that included backstroke since Christmas. It was a carefully guarded secret that he had injured his shoulder, forcing him to give up backstroke or risk permanent injury. Kaumann's unexpected appearance in the I.M. was the first of several monkey wrenches that Crimson coach Bill Brooks threw into the Eli machine...