Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...added that McMillan does not, as a rule, like food places, but maintained that Tommy's was in no danger of being evicted...
...questions that the increased use of computers for the dredge work of education--number-crunching and word-processing--will free up students' time for more creative uses. The danger is that only a select class of students are having their time thus liberated--those who can afford...
...civil war against leftist rebels and still assert his control over the sometimes recalcitrant armed forces. He had to rebuild the country's splintered economy and win the trust of businessmen, most of whom voted against him. As his five-year term began, the President seemed in imminent danger of being squeezed between left and right...
...from the Belgian coast, was very much alive with frenzied activity. Three tugboats buzzed noisily around it, while black dinghies delivered wet-suited divers. The focus of their labors: 360 tons of uranium hexafluoride, raw material from which nuclear fuel is made and which is not a severe radiation danger. Three barrels, however, contained uranium that had been partly processed into fuel, a form that is more hazardous. As yet, divers taking daily readings of the water have not detected any signs of leaking radioactivity. More worrisome is the uranium's volatility: should it mix with water, it would...
...leading economic indicators dipped .8% in July after falling 1.3% in June. The report marked the first time since early 1982 that the closely watched barometer of future economic activity has dropped in two consecutive months, and thus suggested that the economy is slowing. Ordinarily, that would be a danger signal, but the White House welcomed the Commerce announcement as a sign that moderating growth will encourage interest rates to fall...