Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promising political partnership is in danger of being extinguished in its infancy, and it is not the fault of the partner you might think. Unless Gov. Michael S. Ducks reverses position on the effort to raise the drunk-driving law to 21, he will seriously impair a new opening he has made to enlist students' help in cutting the number of drunk-driving-related deaths in Massachusetts...
...most powerful known carcinogens. The bulk of the 300 million Ibs. the U.S. produces annually is used to keep leaded gasoline from fouling auto engines. Because the chemical is added at refineries in a closed system and breaks down during engine combustion, such use is considered safe enough. The danger comes from agricultural practice: growers inject it into citrus grove soils to control rootworms, and exporters fumigate some $29 million worth of fruit with it to meet foreign quarantine laws...
...could legally slash labor costs through bankruptcy, since its real intention was to cut its work force and get employees to accept lower salaries rather than simply to shield itself from creditors. A company filing bankruptcy has, in some circumstances, had to prove conclusively that it was in imminent danger of collapse to get out of its union contract obligations...
...other potential danger for Harvard is the ever-present risk of letting up after a tough victory such as last week's come-from-behind performance against Army. That's combined with Cornell's desperate situation: this is virtually a must-win game for the home team if it hopes to play a part in the Ivy race this year...
...Israeli Defense Forces have taken positions in West Beirut to prevent the danger of violence, bloodshed and anarchy...