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Word: safe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrangements to eliminate the tedium and confusion of court appearances. Detectives also lecture groups of old people on how to survive in the city (e.g., don't go home if you think you're being followed-find a cop). In addition, the police have created a few "safe corridors" for the elderly: thoroughfares in shopping districts that are heavily patrolled. Civic-minded youths, mostly high school students, have helped further by volunteering to escort old people to stores and social clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Elderly: Prisoners of Fear | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...vicissitudes of love, Italian-style, the film is turning a neat dollar apparently because of, not despite, its defects. The sex in this movie may not be very funny, but it is bawdy enough to be naughty without being graphic enough to offend. In other words, it is a safe sex comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Selected Appetizers | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...even Vertes acknowledges that those who have reduced will have to remain vigilant for the rest of their lives. He cautions that unsupervised starvation is not a proper-or, indeed, safe-tactic for shedding a mere 10 to 20 lbs. But for massively obese people, starvation dieting does offer new hope. As former Superheavyweight Craig Hillier puts it, "It's as if God came down and touched me with a magic wand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dieting by Starving | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...wants a baby. Leaving abortion out of health care plans implies that only the rich are entitled to decide whether they want to have a child, when contraceptive measures have failed, and that only the poor need carry unwanted children, go into debt, or seek cheapter--and usually less safe--means of aborting fetuses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For UHS Abortion Coverage | 11/17/1976 | See Source »

...Concentrating on one state more than another. We had some problems with advance work on the road. But we all made a good effort. In the last ten days of the campaign, I felt like the real differences in the two men started to come through. Ford was very safe, maintaining the status quo, not rocking the boat. Carter [conveyed] the feeling that he's going to try some things [and be] bolder in his approach to problems. I think we did so well because there is a willingness to take a risk, because [people] want a change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineering the Victory | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

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