Word: safe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most important events in a person's life. The people who talk about themselves--and they are, in most cases, intrinsically pretty interesting--but also about relations between the sexes in general. Even making allowances for the unrepresentative nature of the sample, it seems pretty safe to generalize that most people, both men and women, get at least as much pain out of sex as pleasure...
...Safe Soil. Next morning Ford met with 33 small-town and suburban mayors from the Midwest. He urged them to push Congress hard to extend the revenue-sharing program, which is due to expire at the end of 1976. During his relaxed and freewheeling exchanges with the mayors, Ford also reinforced his refusal to rescue New York City from its financial crisis (see page 20). Said the President: "Your constituents wouldn't tolerate it if you ran your city as badly as New York City has been...
That afternoon Ford flew to Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, and within the fenced confines of the base he finally was able to do the crowd mingling he loves. After 15 relaxed minutes on safe Air Force soil, Ford was driven under heavy guard to a downtown hotel, where he attended a conference of business and civic leaders set up by the White House to discuss domestic and economic problems. In a television interview that evening, Ford broadly hint ed that he would favor renewing individual income tax cuts in 1976 if Congress would hold down spending (see ECONOMY...
...When it comes to the real world, being black and having a degree from Harvard means more than being white [and having a degree from Harvard.]. It means you've been certified by the Establishment as being 'safe.' You're able to do the work; you're efficient...
Another Claverly resident said, "It used to be that if you lived on the top floors of Clavelly you were relatively safe, but that's just not true anymore. If I were a girl on the first or second floor I'd demand to get out of Claverly...