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dangerous and current
In 1994, journalist Richard Gott described the prize as " a significant and dangerous iceberg in the sea of British culture that serves as a symbol of its current malaise.
When the coil is energized with direct current, a diode is often placed across the coil to dissipate the energy from the collapsing magnetic field at deactivation, which would otherwise generate a voltage spike dangerous to semiconductor circuit components.
Glass making was a dangerous and tough job especially without the current technologies.
The point of no return is the point beyond which one must continue on his or her current course of action because turning back is physically impossible, prohibitively expensive or dangerous.
Such short circuits can be dangerous, particularly as they may not immediately result in a large current and are therefore less likely to be detected.
On rare occasions, the FBI will add a " Number Eleven " if that individual is extremely dangerous but the Bureau does not feel any of the current ten should be removed.
Other advocates of the significance of the term argue that anti-Americanism represents a coherent and dangerous ideological current, comparable to anti-Semitism.
The appeal failed, partly due to the support of Thomas Edison for the state's position ( Edison was a backer of direct current power supplies, and it is speculated he wanted to use the publicity surrounding the electric chair to convince people that AC was dangerous ).
A riptide is a dangerous ocean current.
It rejects all current Oslo-based peace efforts — which it sees as dangerous to Israel and rejects the notion of a Palestinian state.
Since the Centre considered Papen's administration of being " in a dangerous way dependent on radical right-wing parties ", chairman Ludwig Kaas advised the President to recognize this connection by basing the government on a coalition with the rising right-wing parties, the " logical result of current development ".
The Speakon connector accepts larger wire and carries more current, and it provides a better shield for the contacts which may hold dangerous loudspeaker voltages.
While there, Harold P. Brown and he developed an alternating current driven method of execution, better known as the electric chair, to demonstrate that alternating current was more dangerous than the direct current transmission system that Edison preferred.
Battery locomotives are preferred for mines where gas could be ignited by trolley-powered units arcing at the collection shoes, or where electrical resistance could develop in the supply or return circuits, especially at rail joints, and allow dangerous current leakage into the ground.
However, the fast moving current, steep gorge walls, and unpredictable contours of the creek beds make this activity dangerous if the water level is high.
Lifton has also criticized the current " War on Terrorism " as a misguided and dangerous attempt to " destroy all vulnerability ".
Ships entering and leaving the Niagara faced a difficult and dangerous turn into a swift current.
This type of travelling can be dangerous and even life-threatening, because there is a risk of death or serious injury from falling off a moving train, electrocution from power supply ( overhead lines, current collectors, resistors, etc.
The Remnant, according to Nock, consisted of a small minority who understood the nature of the state and society, and who would become influential only after the current dangerous course had become thoroughly and obviously untenable, a situation which might not occur until far into the future.
* Warning: alerts that the current course of action could be in some way dangerous or detrimental, often offering the option of not proceeding.
The finances of the company were dangerous, and Norris decided that he couldn't take the risk ; Cray would have to continue with the current design.
It is dangerous and unknown refuse is left there by the current land owner, who keeps it in this state.

dangerous and upon
Fatal mistakes have occurred, for instance, when a child molester regarded by the Pieter Baan Center as " not dangerous " killed a child upon release.
After prolonged storage in air dangerous shock-sensitive peroxides can form on the metal and under the lid of the container, and can detonate upon opening.
Although the Greenman rule was transmitted to most other states via Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts, Second ( published in 1964 after Greenman ), the Supreme Court of California refused to adopt Section 402A's " unreasonably dangerous " limitation upon strict liability in 1972.
On June 12, 1992, 154 nations signed the UNFCCC, that upon ratification committed signatories ' governments to a voluntary " non-binding aim " to reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases with the goal of " preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system ".
As Chancellor of Oxford University Dudley was highly committed, if somewhat authoritarian ; he frowned upon the dangerous play of football and the extravagant clothing of students.
By removing the jurisdiction of federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from cases involving the Pledge, this legislation sets a dangerous precedent: threatening religious liberty, compromising the vital system of checks and balances upon which our government was founded, and granting Congress the authority to strip the courts ' jurisdiction on any issue it wishes.
Despite promotion involving former Formula One racing driver Stirling Moss, the reaction upon its release was that the C5 was impractical in the British climate meaning it was only comfortably usable in southern England in the spring and summer, and possibly dangerous on busy roads.
A boar was a dangerous animal: " When the goddess turned a wrathful countenance upon a country, as in the story of Meleager, she would send a raging boar, which laid waste the farmers ' fields.
The chief engine-room coolie, Chien, after insisting upon taking Holman's place in the dangerous crank pit, is accidentally killed when the jacking gear slips due to its poor condition.
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross upon completion of 300 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over dangerous and difficult India-China air routes and the Oak Leaf Cluster Award.
Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger ( graver, more serious ), and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous ( a vicious circle, a " spiral of decline "), though it might be beneficial instead ( a virtuous circle ).
Joey DeMaio of American heavy metal band Manowar has been known to temporarily stop concerts upon seeing moshing and crowd surfing, claiming it is dangerous to other fans.
* Any person who traffics in a dangerous drug shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of HK $ 5, 000, 000 and imprisonment for life, where trafficking includes selling or giving away any amount of a dangerous drug.
* Any person who manufactures a dangerous drug, shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of HK $ 5, 000, 000 and imprisonment for life.
* Any person who has in his possession ; or smokes, inhales, ingest or injects a dangerous drug, shall be liable upon conviction to a fine HK $ 1, 000, 000 and imprisonment for 7 years.
* Any person who has in his possession any pipe, equipment or apparatus fit and intended for the smoking, inhalation, ingestion or injection of a dangerous drug, shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of HK $ 10, 000 and imprisonment for 3 years.
At the Putney Debates he opposed extremism, disliked the views of the Republicans and the Levellers, which he considered impractical and dangerous to the foundations upon which society was based, and wished to retain the constitution of King, Lords and Commons.
He was one of the king's secret managers during the troublesome and dangerous Riksdag of 1789, but advised caution and compared the estate of clergy, which at one time held the balance between the jarring orders, to ice which might be walked upon but could not be driven over.
While Turpin eluded his enemies, making his escape to Cambridge, the others were arrested on charges of " violent suspicion of being dangerous rogues and robbing upon the highway ".
Nuclear energy production is associated with potentially dangerous radioactive contamination as it relies upon unstable elements.
" t common law, every unauthorized entry upon the soil of another was a trespasser ", however, under the tort scheme established by the Restatement of Torts, liability for unintentional intrusions arises only under circumstances evincing negligence or where the intrusion involved a highly dangerous activity.
Generally, a person commits criminal assault if he purposefully, knowingly, or recklessly inflicts bodily injury upon another ; if he negligently inflicts bodily injury upon another by means of dangerous weapon ; or if through physical menace, he places another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.

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