Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alvarez testified that he fired in self-defense when Johnson, who had a .22-cal. handgun tucked under a sweater, made "a sudden move." Prosecutors argued that Alvarez was never in danger and used a revolver with a hair trigger...
...cocaine, so much as it's the people who use it," he said. "Cocaine has been around for a long time and as long as 1 percent of the population are simple coke-fiends, that's fine. But when 50 percent of the population are coke fiends, "the danger grows...
Although Congress has just recently woken up to the danger of the oil takeovers--not to mention similar horror stories in the steel and railroad industries--nobody has done anything to stop them. The 1961 Reagan tax cuts for corporations gave them the fuel for their orgiastic frenzy of violent buyouts: the impotence of his attorney general in stopping them has acted as encouragement...
...that the scene is acceptable, because "We are unable to perceive the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Vicar of Rome, or other powerful religious leaders behind every public acknowledgement of the religious heritage long officially recognized by three constitutional branches of government. Any notion that these symbols pose a real danger of establishment of a state church is far-fetched indeed...
...entangle the state in purely religious questions-were merely "useful," rather than mandatory. "A more flexible standard may be emerging," says U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee. The real test, set forth by the Chief Justice, now seems to be simply whether a religious practice presents "a real danger of establishment of a state church." Some states will argue that it is difficult to see "real danger" in a moment of silence. Furthermore, they will claim that silent meditation serves a secular purpose by making the students more reflective...