Word: brink
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...TIME Correspondent Dan Coggin in Dacca last week. "There is no longer any hope of a settlement." He urged that East and West Pakistan adopt separate constitutions, and that his followers refuse to pay taxes to the central government, which is situated in the West. He seemed on the brink of an outright declaration of independence for what he calls Bangla Desh (Bengal State), which would become the world's eighth most populous nation. If Mujib should make such an announcement, open warfare might well erupt between the East Pakistanis and the estimated 60,000 army troops, mostly Westerners...
...problems. Agnew in turn taxed Shapp with eroding "the unified, massive effort it will take" to get revenue sharing through Congress. But the cause of federalized welfare was already making headway with the Governors. Shapp's own need is desperate, for his state is on the brink of bankruptcy. "If Shapp doesn't get help," said one conference observer, "next Monday they'll put up a sign: 'Will the last person to leave Pennsylvania please turn out the lights...
...Chicago, Welfare Director David L. Daniel says that the Cook County rolls will increase from 485,000 at the end of 1970 to 625,000 this year. In Newark, 25% of the population is getting aid, and Essex County Welfare Director Philip K. Lazaro says: "We are on the brink of financial disaster." In Los Angeles, the case load is now above 800,000 and rising by 10,000 to 15,000 a month...
...this kind. Financed by governments, foundations and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the scientists are striving to conserve the world's largest reservoir of wildlife. Decades of indifference and exploitation have driven some species, such as the cheetah and the wild Somalia ass, to the brink of extinction. Africa's burgeoning population and the land hunger of many citizens in the newly independent nations continue to reduce the territory available for animals...
...miss the endless arguments that threaten to push you beyond the brink of reason until, at moments, you find a spark of understanding between seemingly irreconcilable opposites. You miss the almost palpable effort, both painful and exhilarating, that is often required to resist anger or despair. You miss a sense of being where the action is, where the decisions happen. You miss, finally, the balance that must be struck anew each day between All Is Lost and Everything Is Possible...