Word: safe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like this," warned the Tory Daily Mail. "Ordinary men and women . . . are accusing the government of doing nothing," said the Tory Daily Sketch. Last week the government of Prime Minister Anthony Eden got even more pointed reminders of Britain's increasing dissatisfaction. In three by-elections for "safe" Conservative seats, the Tory percentage of the vote dropped by a surprising...
Half of the houses in Cambridge were built before 1900. Such buildings need, but do not get, continual maintainance and renovation if they are to provide safe, healthy homes. Yet at the present rate of replacement, the last will be torn down...
Those who choose Harvard must also choose between living in Cambridge and commuting from the more congenial suburbs. More and more often, family orientation dominates, and the "academic community" becomes a myth. "The staff" is on the job from nine to five, and then retires to its separate homes, safe from the Square for another 16 hours...
...escaped too, but eventually were recaptured. They tangled with the gaseous envelope that still surrounded the mother planet and were reduced again to the satellite status. Pluto, however, managed to keep its freedom until the sun had dissipated most of Neptune's gaseous envelope. Now it is probably safe for the life of the solar system...
Food disciplines are part of every great religion. Psychologically they are almost inevitable, and extremely practical . . . Didn't you feel more . . . at home in the world, warm, safe, good, while yon were observing your laws? -Herman Wouk in Marjorie Morningstar...