Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since the "China incident" started two years ago the people of Japan have been led to believe that the U. S. was, by & large, sympathetic to their aims. The failure of the U. S. to take action after the sinking of the Panay convinced them there was no danger of intervention; the dispatch to Japan this year of the U. S. cruiser Astoria with the ashes of the late Ambassador Hirosi Saito was played up by the Japanese press as a symbol of U. S. friendship and understanding. What sympathy the U. S. had for China was minimized...
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which traditionally covers the site of Christ's entombment, is shared by Franciscans, Copts, Abyssinians, Armenians, Orthodox Greeks, Syrians. The church is in danger of collapse, has been closed to the public pending $750,000 worth of repairs. The Franciscans, however, have repaired or rebuilt such shrines as the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor, the Sanctuary in Aim Karem (birthplace of St. John the Baptist). Chief holy place not under partial or complete Christian control is Jerusalem's Room of the Last Supper, owned by an Arab family...
...week's main NABusiness at Atlantic City was to approve a code, drawn up under Neville Miller's supervision, designed to minimize the possibility of collision between broadcasters and FCC at several other danger points...
...weakness of even-handed embargoes is that in practice they are quite capable of working to the long term disadvantage and danger of the U. S. The weakness of embargoes against aggressor nations only is that they may lead to near-term difficulties and dangers. If the U. S. were to apply economic sanctions against Japan as an "aggressor" without first enlisting the cooperation of the British fleet and fortified Singapore Base, it would probably find itself hard put to it to keep its trade lanes open to the Malayan Archipelago, whence comes most U. S. rubber...
...large-scale blackout, including almost all southern England except London. Planes flew in from the coast to test the skill of volunteer "spotters" and searchlight crews. On vacant lots bombs were exploded to give the volunteer firemen, decontaminators and first-aid crews practice in rushing through darkened streets to danger spots. Observers in the air watched for lights that would be a giveaway to enemy aviators. The blackout, pronounced a success, was on an entirely volunteer basis, for there was no law to compel householders and drivers to put out their lights...