Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason or another, Latin American leaders do not naturally agree with Reagan about whether or not Soviet-style Marxism presents a danger to stability in the region. Perhaps they would rather be left to govern the continent without American supervision. Whatever the source of disagreement. Reagan should realize that pressuring debt-ridden allies to denounce socialism will not make more people genuinely believe that the Soviets have assigned proxies to undermine order and stability in Latin America...
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...member of the review committee attributed this drop last week to undergraduates' increasing interest in taking graduate courses. "Many undergrads feel they should take graduate courses as soon as possible. This is a danger signal--something is missing in the regular undergraduate program," Wilfried Schmid, professor of Mathematics, said last week...
...Soviet Union, of course, is in no danger of economic collapse. Its $8 billion debt to the West is minuscule in a $1.5 trillion economy, and the Russian people throughout history have shown a great ability to live with adversity. Moreover, economic problems have not diminished the Soviets' military power. The armed forces get first call on food, clothing, steel, oil, machinery and technology. But the priority given to the military has left the civilian economy sputtering...
...smooth-talking fascist who was secretly pro-Western (he had been educated in the United States) and had links with the Americans. We also suspected that he had links with the CIA, but we had no proof. In short, the KGB was pointing to a danger that Amin-if he could ride the tiger of Muslim insurgency and come out on top as the leader of an Islamic Afghanistan-not only would turn to the West but would also expel the Soviet Union-lock, stock and barrel-from Afghanistan. On political grounds, the KGB argued, it would be better, even...