Word: risks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...over from the U.S. As for Washington's initial intervention, no one can yet prove conclusively that the Dominican Republic would have become the hemisphere's second Communist state if the U.S. had not sent in troops. The fact remains that no responsible U.S. Administration facing a risk of this magnitude could have afforded to act otherwise-for the stability of the hemisphere or for the peace of the world...
...compromise emergency bill with the Christian Democrats. Within weeks, the bipartisan effort was near success. Prospects looked so good, in fact, that the German Trade Union Federation came out sternly against the bill, and the 1,900,000-member Metal Workers Union called for protest demonstrations. Reluctant to risk the loss of those precious votes in next September's national election, the Socialists lamely backed down and announced they would not vote for the bill after...
...cards, sometimes there were two, or three-bunched together or splayed. Later, Becker watched Reese and Schapiro play against other teams. At first, he could not believe his eyes; it was inconceivable that two such highly regarded professionals should be so stupid as to cheat at all, let alone risk their standing with such juvenile self-indulgence...
...experts? Most agreed it could. Tournament players usually strive for contracts in the highpoint major suits-hearts and spades-or in no-trump. But hearts is the lowest-ranking of the three, the "danger suit." An opponent can shut out a heart bidder with a spade call at small risk. This, in turn, makes it much more costly for the heart bidder to reach his contract. If he knows his partners heart length, he reduces his risks...
...their Lyndon Johnson. For one thing, he is immensely proud of his success in getting his programs through Congress, and the record will not be blemished if he can help it. For another, at a time when he is under heavy fire from academicians, he is not about to risk losing labor's support-particularly if he can keep it without suffering too badly in business circles. In that context, it is worth noting that he did not send his labor message to the Hill until just after he had proposed a $3.9 billion cut in excise taxes...