Word: dangering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...toil or danger...
...areas of the globe, it needs a sophisticated and sensitive intelligence apparatus. Says a former deputy director of the CIA: "Totalitarian countries can use naked power; an open society has to depend on its wits." On top of the normal tensions of national rivalry, there is now the added danger of international terrorism. The U.S. has escaped serious incidents so far, but it needs intelligence to help protect its allies from this latest scourge of political fanaticism...
...cause for panic, said the U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. It had merely been "a space age difficulty ... There is no danger...
Both Washington and Moscow seemed to feel that the danger of widespread contamination in a densely populated area was minimal and wanted to cooperate in calming any public concern. Yet intelligence officials in both nations knew that Cosmos 954 was a rare and sophisticated Soviet bird designed to track deep-running American nuclear submarines. Should the Soviets perfect their surveillance methods, they might be able to track all U.S. subs, including the Trident when it becomes operational in 1981. Thus the intense search that was immediately mounted by the U.S. and Canada for remnants of Cosmos 954 was almost...
This conciliatory stance is gaining adherence among delegates. At the first meetings last year, certain delegations--such as those from Leverett, Winthrop and Adams Houses--struck a more strident and "radical" pose. These delegations warned of the potential danger of linking the new government to the administration or the student-Faculty committees. These students advocated ideas such as student plebiscites on issues, and a town-meeting type of student government. As time passed and the philosophical battles began to hinder progress, students abandoned the more innovative proposals and the members who were dedicated to the notion that anything was better...