Word: risking
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Sperber, who was a vocal Bobby Knight critic when he taught at Indiana University, predicts that more players will come forward to report boorish behavior by coaches. "College coaches are going to be watched more closely," he says. The risk of long-term health damage from concussions, he adds, will likely spur more players to turn on coaches who put their health at risk...
...been diagnosed on campus. After popping up in local schools, the virus first made its Harvard debut at Harvard Dental School, which closed temporarily after detecting its first case. At the end of last school year, UHS refrained from testing patients for H1N1 unless they were at risk for complications, but suggested that the Harvard community forgo “the traditional handshakes and embraces that accompany graduation ceremonies” because of an uptick in the number of students presenting flu-like symptoms. Fall semester brought a significant increase in the number of students with "influenza...
...foes frustrates military planners. Too often, they end up bombing chemical-weapons factories that turn out to be pharmaceutical plants (as in Sudan in 1998) or vainly firing missiles that do little more than rustle the flaps on terrorists' tents (in Afghanistan the same year). Such strikes run the risk of highlighting America's impotence rather than its might...
...Great Depression." At the same time, he is quick to stress that he is no fan of Obama's broader agenda. Crist insists he shares "the ideological concern about the direction the Obama Administration is taking us. Government can't keep growing that way and putting future generations at risk with trillions of dollars of debt." (Read "Crist: Too Moderate for Florida Republicans...
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict cannot carry out his mission if he is shielded from his faithful in a "zero risk" protection scheme. Still, even in praising the quick reaction of the pontiff's personal security detail, Lombardi told The Associated Press officials will nonetheless review the episode and "try to learn from experience...