Word: safe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Within his party Richard Nixon represents the only centripetal force. The country is troubled, the opposition divided. The rational course is to play it safe, to bet that self-preservation?just staying together as a party?will be nine-tenths of victory. It is, after all, an election in which the incumbents are in danger simply because they are incumbents. Nixon's choice of the factionally neutral Spiro Agnew as running mate was part of that strategy...
Scientists anxious to find a safe but powerful pesticide have long been fascinated by the juvenile hormone that is secreted by insects. At certain stages of an insect's life cycle, the hormone must be present to regulate growth and control the transformation from larva to pupa. At other times the hormone must be absent, or the insect will develop abnormally and never reach sexual maturity. If a sufficient dose is given to a mature female, it can make her sterile for life thus eliminating future generations. The trouble is that the hormone, synthesized in commercial quantities and sprayed...
...guess the limits of how fast the youngsters will eventually swim. It is only safe to predict that competitive swimming will create a new breed of tragic hero: the Teen-Age Has-Been...
...report that captured documents point to ward a "third-wave offensive," coming in the next few weeks. Unit troop movements have been particularly elusive, placing some enemy manpower far out side immediate fighting range; this could be in anticipation of an extended lull, or it could be simply for safe refitting and regrouping. In fact, the evidence is ambiguous, and as with Hanoi's unenlightening silence, the Administration has chosen to interpret it pessimistically. If there is more fighting, both sides will try to use it to improve their bargaining positions in the peace that must eventually come...
...dance hall, and found the average sound intensity to be 106 to 108 db in the middle of the dance floor. Directly in front of the band it peaked to 120 db. The test crew had to move 40 feet outside the building before the level dropped to a safe but still uncomfortable...