Word: safe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were a betting man I'd feel pretty safe saving the winner of our game will go on to win the whole thing," says B.U.'s standout goalie Cleon Daskalakis...
...Gudmundsson refuses to heel. "Lucy is as much a part of the family as my children," growls the father of three. "Rather than part with her, we will emigrate and I will quit politics." Despite his dogged stand, the Finance Minister is on fairly safe ground: he may be in the doghouse, but as a member of parliament he cannot be jailed. Before things become irretrieverable, one wag suggests, why not transfer Gudmundsson to Iceland's United Nations delegation in New York? New Yorkers, after all, are not only accustomed to putting on the dog, but putting up with...
...having cheated in a math exam, an unsuccessful attempt at light verse. But most of the 30 pieces show a heartbreaking potential. For Anne, nuances are crucial and all experiences are carefully assayed, even those that come in the Franks' pitiable Amsterdam refuge behind a wall, temporarily safe from the Nazis. Occasionally she succumbs to depression, and a line concentrates the tragedy of her people: "To be interrupted just as you are thinking of a glorious future!" Yet Anne's mind is too agile and her imagination too febrile for enduring self-pity...
...streets and newsstands are safe between now and Wednesday, as an aging mob retires to lick its academic wounds, and a fresh junta prepares to take over...
...lack the protection of a fully developed immune system, the infection can be disastrous, causing blindness, mental retardation, a range of neurological disorders and even death. The severe handicaps that afflict the Emporia and Sacramento children are typical results of herpes infection in the newborn. Their classmates, however, are safe from physical or mental damage because they have mature immune systems that are able to ward off infection...