Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...atmosphere of permissiveness in the home and a lack of respect for authority. "Some of the students simply don't feel that the punishment is great enough to deter them," says Security Chief Richard Goggins. "They have little fear of suspension. They're willing to take the risk...
Under no circumstances, in Ford's view, would he allow the Cambodians to hold American hostages for months. He believed that the Khmer Rouge were capable of brutal and irrational actions. Thus in the opinion of Ford and Kissinger, the possibility of a slight over-response was a risk worth taking...
...Mayaguez. Ford argues that the bombing was needed to keep an estimated 2,400 Cambodian soldiers stationed around Kompong Som from joining the battle on the island. TIME Correspondent Dean Fischer reported that the President told congressional leaders just before the military action began: "I am not going to risk the life of one Marine. I'd never forgive myself." Ford further explained: "The question of doing too little weighed heavily. A counterreaction by the Cambodians would have
...sure, the Labor government is loath to risk any major changes before the country's June 5 referendum on the Common Market for fear that its supporters will retaliate by voting no on the question of remaining in Europe. Although such time-buying may be politically unavoidable, it still accentuates the impression of rudderlessness. Many Britons share the alarm of Professor Hugh Clegg, member of the Labor government's Prices and Incomes Board in 1966-67, who recently warned that Britain is "spot on course for disaster and still accelerating." He added: "Let me say quite clearly what...
Privately, several American corporate and banking executives admit that a number of capital outlays in Asia are being quietly deferred; others are being "downgraded" or assigned to higher-risk categories, meaning that bankers scrutinize them more carefully. As a result of the reappraisal and the worldwide recession, total U.S. investment in Asia is expected to slow down. The country that will be affected most is Thailand, where Communist-backed insurgents have already become more aggressive. Some investors there are also dismayed by the Thai government's insistence on reducing the American military presence in order to appease Communist neighbors...