Word: safe
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That attitude about campus security is the only thing that will prevent Harvard from providing a safer work environment for faculty, staff and students. The Science Center is a Harvard facility, and the University has a responsibility to ensure that working there is safe, particularly since it is the only study area with 24-hour access...
While not admitting that any of their nuclear satellites are dangerous, the Soviets boast that their new type of space reactor, called Topaz, is especially safe. Topaz can produce up to 10,000 watts of power, about ten times as much as previous models. That enables Topaz-powered satellites to fly at such high altitudes, say Soviet scientists, that they will remain safely in orbit for up to 350 years, long enough to lose most of their radioactivity...
...House members running for re-election were defeated, and three of the losers had been tarred by very serious ethics problems. Few incumbents lay awake nights worrying about the unemployment line; 88% triumphed with at least 60% of the vote, the classic definition of a safe district. The traditional levers of incumbency, augmented by the largesse of political-action committees, have created this modern version of a rotten-borough system. In the four House elections since 1980, a total of 1,740 seats were at stake, yet only about 30 sitting Congressmen were defeated for reasons other than redistricting...
Since any self-respecting professor can be found on the Cape in the summer months, you might think a trip there over the break would leave you alone on the beach with your history prof. But not to worry--March is safe. All the academics are grading papers in their offices...
Before abortions were formally legalized, they were performed on millions of women, but the risk of maternal mortality, which has become nearly nonexistant since 1973, was quite high. If Roe is modified to make abortions difficult to obtain, women who cannot receive abortions through safe legal channels will begin looking for back-alley operations, as they did before...