Word: safes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...best thing he ever had said in his life, and I knew he would go safe and return safe...
...Supreme Court challenging the agency's authority to make inspections without a warrant. There is plenty of evidence that such tactics simply make enforcement all the harder. Says William Kemp, a furniture manufacturer in Goldsboro, N.C.: "If the OSHA inspector and I could work together to make my place safe, it would be O.K. But if he comes in to get me and fine me, I'm going to hide everything I can from him. You don't try to use an atomic bomb when a flyswatter will...
Once the crews were safe, the biggest question was the extent of oil loss and the damage to sea life. The principal ooze, from the Venpet's fuel reserves, formed an ocean slick six miles long and two miles wide. Fortunately, the Venoil's oil compartments were not punctured; a strong southwesterly wind, moreover, prevented the oil from drifting toward South Africa's coastal holiday beaches 22 miles away...
...Evelyn and John Billings. It depends upon observing changes in the consistency of vaginal fluids. In the first days after menstruation, the vagina feels dry because of a decline in hormone production, a sensation that can be confirmed by the woman's examining finger. This is the first "safe" period. Within a few days, as the estrogen levels rise, the mucus feels tacky and appears cloudy and the fertile period begins. Then, at the estrogen peak, the mucus becomes smooth, slippery and stretchable like raw egg white. This condition-which occurs within 24 hours or so of ovulation-usually...
There is a graver criticism of Evangelicals: in concentrating on personal salvation, the convert tends to grow safe in his inner consolation, lapsing into passive acceptance of the evils of the outside world. Critics like Coffin tend to see the resurgence of Evangelicalism as one more sign of a self-preoccupied and self-serving national swing toward conservatism in general. The argument is that the outward-looking reformist '60s have regressed into the selfish '70s. The charge has some merit. But there is also much to the Evangelical theory that a man must dramatically change his life and values before...