Word: safe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vote on it. His request required a majority of those present, or 275 votes. He won with but one vote to spare (the vote was 276 to 272). Remarked Scelba quietly: "Even a majority of one is sufficient for the next 20 days." His trip to the U.S. was safe...
Strangely surprised by the extent of the altitude poisoning, coaches and trainers stood about in helpless confusion while distance runners ran out of gas, staggered into the infield talking to themselves, their eyes rolling above contorted faces. Eventually, a safe supply of oxygen bottles appeared, and U.S. officials began to mutter that next time their team ought to be at the games site early enough to get accustomed to the altitude. (Next time, 1959, the games will probably be in Cleveland. Altitude...
...Diabolarianism: The belief that while it may now be confidently asserted that there is no God it is not yet safe to say the same about the Devil...
Instead, the United States should work toward world disarmament under enforceable law. Russia has recently shown an increased readiness to discuss disarmament in the U.N., and we should wholeheartedly give our support to working out a practical and safe formula for putting disarmament into practice. Armaments are both a result and a cause of world tension. The more discussion of disarmament will help to reduce this tension...
...Bailing. Parachuting out of an airplane at a good height is reasonably safe, and is even enjoyed by some. But when the airplane is close to the ground bailing out is almost sure death. Ordinary parachutes do not open fast enough to do the pilot any good...