AT RISK

Public Administration

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Crosswords: AT RISK

Women at Risk (1994)

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Books

• Credit Risk Measurement: New Approaches to Value at Risk and Other Paradigms, 2nd Edition (reference)

• Computer-Assisted Instruction for Students at Risk for ADHD, Mild Disabilities, or Academic Problems (reference)

• Children and families at risk in deteriorating communities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, December 7, 1993 (reference)

• Ozone Layer (Earth at Risk) (reference)

• Elder Mistreatment: Deciding Who Is at Risk (Contributions to the Study of Aging, No 21) (reference)

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Emergency Watershed Program provided for rehabilitation of berm in Washington, Co. built as a result of flash flooding that placed homes at risk of sliding into swollen creek. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Riparian area functioning at risk in Klamath County. Credit: Unknown.

Women who smoke during pregnancy place their unborn child at risk. / WHO/American Cancer Society photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

AIDS : We're all at risk!!!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

AIDS gets around! : don't be at risk!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Children At Risk! : Store Chemicals Safely Out Of Reach Of Children. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Why alcohol, crack and other drugs can put you at risk for the AIDS virus. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

AIDS Are you at risk. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Health

Adult Women at Risk from Sexual Transmission. (references)

All ages at risk but most common in school-age children. (references)

Anyone who has sex is at risk for genital HPV infection. (references)

Business

Lombardia is the region considered mostly at risk, followed by Piemonte. (references)

Poor enforcement by local officials of occupational safety and health regulations continues to put workers' lives at risk. (references)

Italy is the European country most at risk with one robbery per every 10 tellers, and statistics reveal an increase in the number of robberies in banks and post offices. (references)

Children

Nepal

Poor or nonexistent sanitation in rural areas puts many children at risk from severe and fatal illnesses. (references)

Zimbabwe

The Parents and Family Support Network, a local NGO, reported that one in three children in the country is at risk of physical or emotional abuse. (references)

New Zealand

In August 2000, the Government instituted an expanded program of information sharing between the courts and health and child protection agencies to identify children at risk of abuse. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

Historically at risk, Baha'is often have suffered increased levels of mistreatment during times of political unrest. (references)

Pakistan

The accused often are denied requests for bail on the grounds that their lives would be at risk from vigilantes if released. (references)

Iran

The 134 signatories of the 1994 Declaration of Iranian Writers, which declared a collective intent to work for the removal of barriers to freedom of thought and expression, remain at risk. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Not doing so puts any U.S. firm at risk, with little recourse in the Kazakhstani judicial system. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Undeveloped land is more at risk for local expropriation than developed property; Equato-Guinean law does not require local ownership of land. (references)

Malawi

In addition to supporting development projects, the United States provides an emergency food aid program for those vulnerable populations that are chronically undernourished and most at risk. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

The Court also ruled that specialized jurisdiction judges and prosecutors no longer could transfer cases to other colleagues when they believed their own security to be at risk. (references)

China

Persons detained pending trial were particularly at risk during pretrial detention due to systemic weaknesses in the legal system or lack of implementation of the revised Criminal Procedure Law. (references)

Honduras

The Interinstitutional Committee for the Prevention and Rescue of Minors at Risk followed up on complaints made by a number of prisoners of poor treatment both before and after the attempted March escape at the San Pedro Sula prison. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

In an April 2000 report "The War in Chiapas," CDHFBC asserted that the military was the principal aggressor in cases reported to the Center in 1999. The CDHFBC also concluded that the presence of the military put at risk the human rights to life, physical integrity, liberty, and security of the local inhabitants. (references)

Political Economy

Congo

Violence and discrimination against members of the Tutsi ethnic minority continued; however, the Government protected many Tutsis who were at risk. (references)

Georgia

Georgia is an important player in the region, but its internal weakness means that unless corrections are made soon, hopes for a democratic and sovereign Georgia, able to withstand Russian pressure, could be at risk. (references)

Trade

Pakistan

Because banks could theoretically suffer a loss, this means that depositors' principal as well as return are both at risk under the PLS system. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Travelers displaying jewelry and carrying cameras are especially at risk. (references)

Ecuador

Visitors who follow proper precautions about food and drink are not usually at risk. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

In October 2000, taxi drivers were warned by the PVSV not to pick up unaccompanied female passengers at risk of having their driving privileges revoked. (references)

Philippines

Female employees in special economic zones (SEZ's) are particularly at risk, as most are economic migrants who are required to work long hours and have no independent workers organization to assist with filing complaints. (references)

Macau

Its aim is to support families with problems or at risk with the help of a team of specialized staff (social workers, psychologists, legal advisors, etc.). One of the most serious problems detected by this Bureau is domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Vietnam

Poor women and teenage girls, especially those from rural areas, are most at risk for being trafficked. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The NGO, UMUT, provides temporary shelter and assistance (both medical and legal) to women who are at risk. (references)

China

The poor enforcement of occupational health and safety regulations continues to put workers' lives at risk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "AT RISK": be at risk ♦ elements at risk ♦ put at risk ♦ values at risk. Additional references.

Danish

udsat for risiko/fare, i farezonen. (various references)

Dutch

in gevaar, bedreigd. (various references)

Finnish

riskille altistuva. (various references)

French

à risque. (various references)

German

gefährdet (endangered, endangers, imperils, jeopardizes, periled). (various references)

Greek 

σε κίνδυνο (in danger). (various references)

Italian

a rischio. (various references)

Pig Latin

atay iskray

Portuguese

em risco, em perigo (in jeopardy). (various references)

Spanish

(en situación)de riesgo. (various references)

Swedish

utsatt för risk, utsatt för fara. (various references)

Turkish

tehlikeye atmak (adventure, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay on the line, pawn, peril, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture), tehlikede olmak (be at risk), riske atmak (adventure, compromise, gamble, jeopardize, lay on the line, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture, wager). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kraits, traiks.

-1 letter: airts, astir, ikats, karst, karts, krait, rakis, sitar, skirt, stair, stark, stirk, stria, tarsi, traik.

-2 letters: airs, airt, aits, arks, arts, ikat, irks, kart, kats, kirs, kist, kits, kris, raki, rats, rias, risk, saki, sari, sark, sati, skat, skit, star, stir, tars, task, tsar.

-3 letters: air, ais, ait, ark, ars, art, ask, irk.

+1 letter: britska, karstic, troikas.

+2 letters: asterisk, barkiest, brakiest, britskas, britzkas, britzska, kartings, keratins, kitharas, larkiest, mistaker, ratfinks, sarkiest, sitzmark, stalkier, starlike, stinkard, tamarisk, titlarks, tripacks, zikurats.

+3 letters: airstrike, ankerites, antishark, asterisks, autarkies, brickbats, britzskas, crabstick, crankiest, creakiest, croakiest, darkliest, freakiest, heartsick, karateist, karyotins, katharsis, keratitis, keratosis, kickstart, mistakers, parakites, sidetrack, sitzmarks, snarkiest, sparkiest, stinkards, streakier, streaking, tamarisks, teriyakis, tidemarks, trackings, trackside, tracksuit, triskelia, whitracks, yakitoris, yardstick, zikkurats.