Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most students who might be tempted to cheat on a final examination, this atmosphere is too forbidding, and the risk of getting caught is too great. But for others who take the chance and do so unsuccessfully--an estimated 10 undergraduates each year--consequences are grim...
Marquand disagreed that there is a greater chance of cheating incidents in pre-med courses than in any other type of course. "Pre-med students probably realize that by cheating, they are taking a bigger risk than most other students. As a reuslt," he said, "they have higher standards of propriety...
...most Americans, frostbite may seem like a remote risk. Yet as more and more people venture outdoors in winter-skiing, hiking, mountain climbing-it has become an increasingly common health hazard...
...improve cancer detection, 90 leading scientists met 14 months ago in Key Biscayne, Fla., under the auspices of the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, to identify individuals and groups who are most susceptible to cancer. Last week, in a 544-page volume titled Persons at High Risk of Cancer (Academic Press), they published their conclusions. They found that the occurrence of cancer seems to be influenced by a large variety of factors that fall into three broad categories...
...regaling black undergraduates whom my students would think had edged out their own kids to get to Harvard. Worse, the Harvard audience might greet the men with raised eyebrows, even with a conjecture that Buildings and Grounds had turned out for the evening. But it was an opportunity, a risk the men would never take outside our class. I suggested a vote, everyone abiding by the outcome...