Word: risked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...encouraging to see that in so conservative a community as Harvard, people like Chuck are taking the courageous step of articulating this process in a public forum. Homophobia--whether the heterosexual variety or as it is internalized by closet gays who cannot risk openness--stems largely from fears of the unknown. It is only by making our presence and experiences known beyond the gay subculture that such fears will ever be dispelled or social change effected...
...backlog of people he wanted jobs for," Moore says. His office still gets 1,000 calls a day (down from 2,000 nine months ago) for everything from jobs to appointments with the President. He has had to learn by experience which ones he must personally return or risk bruising powerful egos. "I'm getting to know the people on the Hill and what motivates them," he says, and criticism of him is softening. "Frank's a bright guy, and he's learned quickly," says one of Moore's detractors-turned-defenders, Arizona Representative Morris Udall...
...laughingstock of journalism; they are not a long-term investment. Put between covers, the illustrations and captions seem prematurely aged and irrelevant. This year three exceptions prove that rule. George Price's angular eccentrics have been celebrated for 45 years; his latest work, Browse at Your Own Risk (Simon & Schuster; 128 pages; $7.95), is aptly titled. The risk is seizures of mirth that render the reader helpless. Price's pen and punch line are, as always, off the wall: "My mother doesn't even bother to come to the games," complains one halfback as he watches...
...risk you have to take," he said. "Our deans are good, and it's a high-visibility position...
...risk of sounding trivial, I confess that I vaguely feel an infringement of my rights as an individual student. When enrolling at Harvard, I was not aware that I was signing up for a book or record club. If, in a rush, I neglect to waive my induction into the ranks of PIRG supporters, I am nevertheless penalized. I freely admit that such a scenario may border on the absurd; yet, I would like to raise the following point for discussion. The authors of the previously quoted article wrote that "...a failure to respond to the expressed preference...