Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That's a problem. That's a risk we would have to take. I don't think he will. I don't think he will do anything unless it is the context of a proceeding in his court. I can't conceive of him urging the [inaudible] of Titus and [inaudible...
...Daley chooses to run again he will almost certainly win. But in view of his age and health, he might risk killing himself in a grueling primary campaign against upstart Alderman William Singer, 33, the lawyer who unseated the mayor's delegation from the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Once past Singer, Daley would probably face Republican Jim Thompson in another punishing battle. Some friends predict that he is ready instead to retire. In that case, he will need to pick a successor if the machine is to hold together. The trouble is, there is no strong candidate acceptable...
...contrary to what the BSA had previously suggested, it was Pei and Partners which, driven by a competitive urge, wanted the building so huge as to risk zoning violations and Copley Square residents' protests...
...intellectual fringe of what is still a very loyal opposition. Some complain that he is abandoning Nasser's vision of Egypt as an Arab socialist community. Others charge that he has built up excessively high hopes based on what Kissinger's diplomacy may achieve, and is risking a bitter backlash. Even American diplomats have gently tried to warn him that U.S. aid may not be forthcoming in quite the amount he expects. Tacitly, Sadat concedes that he has taken a giant risk in staking so much on the U.S. "If there is no peace," he says, "then forget...
...home of Rose's parents. At the trial, Rose raged at her father, "I love you, but I hate everything you stand for!" Heaton was sent to jail for six years, but the judge let Rose off with a two-year suspended sentence and the observation that the risk of her committing any further crime was "extremely remote"-even though Rose warned the court that the verdict had turned her from "an intellectual recalcitrant into a freedom fighter...