Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...becomes clear to me that of all zones--parcel post, erogenous, no parking and what-have-you--it is least permissible to ask for the facts on this one. If the police department's activity here were less mysterious, I am warned that it would run the risk of being less effective. Security within the police van is tight...
...wars impose an ugly risk on the reporters sent to cover them, for sniper fire recognizes no neutrals. So far, two reporters-one Iranian and one Lebanese-have been killed and several others wounded. "There are no rules in this game," says U.P.I. Correspondent Michael Keats, who lost his car to a bomb...
...jobs. The effect would be greatly magnified if New York State followed the city into default-and unfortunately that is much more than a remote possibility. Basically, the effects of a New York City bankruptcy are immeasurable, since the situation would be unprecedented. But many economists believe the risk is too great to be worth taking. Says Heller: "No one knows how to judge a New York City default on a Richter scale of financial earthquakes, but we should try to handle it without testing the repercussions...
...rate of inflation is now only 5.1%, a pace that would allow the Schmidt government to move to more stimulative policies. But so far Bonn has held back, contending that to follow a more vigorous course would only risk re-igniting German inflation without doing much to boost demand in the depressed economies of its chief trading partners -a rather Ford-like position. Though the government has made some stabs at stimulation with investment grants, tax cuts and a highway spending program, German businessmen continue to hold down capital spending. Jittery German consumers are also saving an inordinate amount...
...opinion of the International Court of Justice that denied Morocco's claim of outright sovereignty over the Sahara. Spain, after promising to hold a referendum on independence among the colony's 70,000 people -mostly nomadic tribesmen-now seems willing to renege on its pledge rather than risk confrontation with the adventuristic Hassan. After a flurry of diplomatic moves, Madrid reportedly agreed last week to recognize Morocco's claim to the territory. Such an agreement may be challenged, perhaps even militarily, by Algeria, which has backed a leftist liberation movement in the Sahara. Although the marchers...