Word: incur
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Maybe it's a jinx. There must be some reason the lowly Elis are 8-1-2 at home against the Crimson since the Bicentennial. Some Harvard-affiliated person somewhere must have said or done something really horrible to incur the wrath of the Connecticut sports gods. Home ice advantage is one thing, but the Elis have owned the Crimson...
Experts on risk perception generally agree that people tend to be less concerned about dangers they incur voluntarily, like cigarette smoking and fast driving. They are more resentful of risks they feel have been imposed upon them, like the threat of mishaps at a nearby nuclear plant. They are more sensitive to risks they can control -- for instance, through laws that ban pesticides or require safety warnings -- than they are to those they feel they can do nothing about -- like acts of nature. "People choose what to fear," says Aaron Wildavsky, co-author of Risk and Culture. "What...
...What we are considering is legislation to deny benefits to people looking for protection and incur more costs to the commonwealth," said state Rep. John McDonough (D-Boston). McDonough said the changes sought by Forman and Woodward would cost taxpayers $12 million per year...
MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Mangagement Joseph P. Newhouse '63 said the report--"The Taxes of Sin: Do Smokers and Drinkers Pay Their Way?"--was aimed at determining if excise taxes on cigarettes and alcohol cover the costs the habits incur for society as a whole...
Corporations without sufficient capital can use LBOs to purchase large corporations without using large amounts of cash. But because those companies must borrow money from other sources, they incur a substantial debt, which they usually pay off by breaking up the company and selling off parts at a large profit...