Word: risks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...delegations came to Riyadh to pay their respects. One, led by Deputy Premier Prince Khalid, another of Saud's 39 brothers, handed the King an ultimatum. Tactfully but plainly, the chieftains warned him not to interfere with Feisal or make any attempt again to wield power, at the risk of dethronement. They also demanded instant banishment of Saud's personal aide, Eid ben Salem, who rose from palace chauffeur to royal entrepreneur and became vastly rich in the process...
...people of mixed European and nonwhite descent. Then one day this year, Cape Province's Race Classification Board informed the light-skinned couple that they had been reclassified as whites. Henceforth, if they are seen associating with Coloreds, even close relatives, they will run the risk of being downgraded to Colored status again and forfeit the civil rights and economic advantages that accrue exclusively to the white man in apartheid-ruled South Africa...
...calculated risk that failed," says Lawrence Morey, the last British director of General Mills Ltd. General Mills, explained the Financial Times of London, had been "generally defeated by traditionalism." To begin with, Betty Crocker's products sold for more than established competitors (up to 36? v. 25?) in a market that has not grown since General Mills entered it. But the real trouble was that British housewives considered the use of Betty's complete mixes a slight of their housewifely duties, felt guilty about not even cracking an egg. They also clung to the dark suspicion that...
...potential new leaders are already in the churches, the steel unions, and the present Birmingham movement. The active members have already shown themselves by demonstrating, at the risk of arrest, in the city's streets. What remains now is to make the potential into the real...
Some groups, however, are not attractive risks for private insurance plans. To provide for these people, service plans were devised which emphasize obtaining complete care rather than minimizing financial risk. For a fixed sum, service plans will provide an individual or family with complete medical care...