Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beatty's life was never in danger once he entered the ambulance, doctors at McLean hospital revealed last night. They ventured that the insulating effect of his coat and jacket may have saved him from electrocution...
Maybe Not. Despite all the impressive tests, some doctors were still dubious. The neohetramine tests were perhaps too perfect: most men & women do not get as much rest and will not dose themselves as carefully and regularly as the selected patients. Some doctors pointed to the danger of overdosing; e.g., a man who tries to cure a cold double-quick by doubling the recommended dose may get drowsy and fall asleep while driving...
Another recent source of university concern has been the reduction in the return on investment, for the rate of interest has been declining over a long period. Harvard suffered no serious drop in its total return on investment last year, but there remains the danger that the recession may suddenly worsen and thus take a bigger chunk out of investment income. However, the University takes comfort in its continued conservative investment policy. Harvard's capital is much safer than that of schools whose need for higher returns has made them switch to more risky investments...
...prospect of seriously lowered educational standards in the country disturbs such students of the problem as Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics. In his view, the biggest danger of all-a deficiency of first-class teacher is beginning to show itself already...
...spite of the excitement it raised among French politicians, the crisis was not a particularly acute one. The only danger lay in the possibility that a failure of the center parties to reunite would make national elections necessary, and that the extremist partics, the Communists and de Gaulle's RPF might then gain more scats. The collapse of Cabinets is a commonplace in French polities--in fact the Queuillo regime, which lasted a little over a year, was considered an oddity of longevity. Lack of Cabinet leadership delays only the top-level decisions, for the ordinary administrative bureaucracy goes...