Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...With urgent haste," cried Defense Minister Albert Devèze in Brussels last week, "Belgium must prepare for an invasion even more sudden and devastating than that of the Germans in 1914. All countries, including Great Britain, consider the danger of a war a reality at this juncture. A sudden and powerful invasion is an imminent possibility. Today many military experts recommend military invasion without notice or declaration...
Forcing the issue throughout the match, Glidden was in danger only in the second game when his opponent's soft lobbing and easy drop shots appeared to upset the Crimson star, but the rallied and ran out the last game and a half with little difficulty...
There is little danger now that the escorts of the fair maidens who are expected to appear will have to follow the example of Walter Raleigh in order to pilot them to security of dry land...
...mixture of metaphor is intended to indicate that the Guild's most recent offspring is a problem child who shows an upsetting complexity of behavior. Perhaps because he felt that Miss Claire is in danger of becoming stereotyped, Mr. Behrman has apparently sought to make his work more than the simple amusing bubble it ought to be. Instead of concentrating, as is customary, upon Miss Claire's emotional life, he has built a play of many characters and even more numerous problems. He has gathered, into a sunlit Maine summer palace, three generations of the Wyler family with their variegated...
...question. In order to finish on a reassuring note, to leave us with a happy and renewed faith in the sincerity and honesty of our government, Mr. Sullivan concludes with a few words from the mouth of the President himself.--"The merit system in Civil Service is in no danger at my hands; but on the contrary, I hope that it will be extended and improved during my term as President...