Word: dangered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Girl, the Bishop & the Bomb. This decade of struggle for the survival of freedom might or might not include a war between the U.S. and Russia. Even if there is no war, the struggle will be more "total" than World War II. The stakes are bigger, the danger is greater, the battlefronts are broader. Not all the weapons are military. Last week, for instance, brought two stories (one about a girl in Prague and the other about a bishop in Sarajevo) which illustrated a force more important to the security of the U.S. than possession of the atomic bomb...
...danger point in this position at the moment is Italy. It is inconceivable that the U.S. should admit the possibility of the Communists taking over Italy. 'Yes,' Americans say, 'but suppose the Italians vote Communist? Suppose they freely choose Communism? How can we interfere then without refuting the very principles of democracy which we are proposing to defend...
Manhattan Banker James G. Blaine, grandson of 1884's Republican "Man from Maine," came out for "an orderly recession." He thought it would be good for the nation's economy. "There's little danger," said he, "unless the recession becomes a rout...
...core and center of the faith of the tiny Christian sect. They met to celebrate it in private houses. Outsiders were exeluded; even "catechumens" (those not yet baptized) were permitted to be present only for part of the rite. And for centuries they met as outlaws in danger of death...
Shrewd and tough beyond their years, always in danger of being beaten to death by the police and the angry citizens, these "little rats" act in much the same way as cornered adults...