Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impression does all this make? On the one hand, that of some kind of confusion and uncertainty in Washington. The only way I can explain this is anxiety lest our initiatives should wreck the version of the Soviet Union being the "focus of evil" and the source of universal danger, which in fact underlies the entire arms race policy. On the other hand, there is an impression of a shortage of responsibility for the destinies of the world. And this, frankly speaking, gives rise again and again to the question whether it is at all possible in such an atmosphere...
...over; it does mean that America, after a difficult decade, is once again headed in the right direction." The Administration sees the drop as a vindication of Reagan's economic policies and a sign that a rising economic tide has actually lifted all boats, even the ones in danger of sinking...
...womb is to be protected, except for severe threats to the mother. (Religious traditions differ on precisely what justifies abortion.) The issue is highly divisive. According to a Gallup poll last October, 50% of Americans think abortion should be outlawed with exceptions only for rape, incest or danger to the mother's life, a view that Falwell is willing to accept...
...those of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and had found no traces of the pesticide above .05 parts per million. According to World Health Organization standards, consumers would have to eat more than 13 lbs. a day of tomatoes containing that amount of Temik to be in danger. Lorenzo insisted, "Possible limited traces below the level tested do not constitute a matter of concern for public health." Not everyone was convinced. A front-page editorial in La Stampa asked, "Don't we still have the right to know if some traces . . . remain...
Trying to limit the damage, the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl notified NATO allies of the security breach, while the Interior Ministry began an investigation. So far, politicians have refrained from blaming Kohl, and his government does not appear to be in immediate political danger. Gerhard Jahn, a member of parliament from the opposition Social Democratic Party, deplored the defection but added that he believed the government "doesn't want to hide anything...