Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years later Cheek heard about the planned ordination of women priests in Philadelphia and decided she would rather risk expulsion from the church than relive "the painful humiliation of categorical exclusion." Though the ordinations of Cheek and the ten other women deacons were declared invalid, the issue will not be finally resolved until the Episcopal Convention next September. Meanwhile, Cheek, who lives in Annandale, Va., with her husband, a World Bank executive, is happy about her "freedom in limbo." In November 1974, she became the first woman to celebrate Communion in an Episcopal church in defiance of the diocesan bishop...
Republicans and Democrats alike are puzzled that Ford, a creature of Congress, misjudged all three situations badly enough to paint himself into an uncomfortable corner with the election campaign drawing near. As Reagan's challenge grows steadily stronger, Ford cannot risk appearing to be indecisive...
...that would allow the FBI to investigate domestic dissidents only if there is "a likelihood" that they are involved in violent and illegal activities. The directive would also prohibit the FBI from trying to discredit or disrupt the organizations unless there was no other way to eliminate "an immediate risk to human life." Under the draft guidelines, the FBI would have to inform the Attorney General of all domestic security probes; in turn, he would be required to halt any investigation that failed to meet the written standards...
Most of the 14 members of the CUHS are from the Psychology and Social Relations Department, just as most of the projects it reviews are in psychology. The committee is supposed to ensure that no humans are subjected to risk of any kind; or that if an experiment must involve risk, its benefits outweigh its dangers and its subjects fully understand those dangers and freely agree to participate...
...word "risk" often brings to mind medical or biological dangers-- chancy new surgical techniques or the testing of possibly toxic new drugs. But although psychological research sometimes entails physical risk--Leary was not alone in testing drugs, and electric shock, loud sudden noise and alcohol have all been used recently in William James-- more often the dangers are to the mind. Experimental psychology can invade subjects' privacy, stressfully manipulate their minds, or coerce them into unpleasant situations by intentionally deceiving them...