Word: safely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JUST when historians thought it was safe to contemplate the legacy of Ronald Reagan, he's back--and he's healthier, he's richer, and his wife is still rude...
Just when I thought it was safe to read the front page...
...Norman complains that his own land is not safe. Exploration crews have combed his family's 40,000-acre spread. Where the Van Normans hold only surface rights, the crews have staked white plastic plumbing pipes as claim to the minerals below. Van Norman sneeringly refers to the claim stakes as "toilet-paper pipes." The zigzagging roads left by the exploration crews he doesn't like much either. "These terrible Zorro roads," he says, "are everywhere." What riles Van Norman most is the insult to the land. "We grew up with the belief that if you took care...
...While experts report that the earthquake which threw San Francisco and the surrounding area into turmoil this week was "not the big one" expected along the San Andreas Fault, it certainly got people thinking. In the relatively earthquake-safe environs of Cambridge, more than a few students were seen asking what to do in case one hits. The definitive answer from one native San Franciscan: "Hang on to the doorframe and pray...
...Adequate lighting in a place like the Common is essential to making it a safe place," said Battat. "There is no excuse for an area so well traveled as the Common to be so dangerous...