Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jonathan Kifner of the Times and Julian Nundy of Newsweek admitted they were among the five detained reporters--nearly nine months after the fact Kifner claimed the entire thing had been an "embarrassing" mistake that all parties involved regretted. He added that none of the correspondents had been in danger. Yet several major publications--including Time the French newspaper Le Figaro and the German magazine Stern--reported the threats to the journalists. And other correspondents in Lebanon who knew of the affair confirmed that the Americans had their lives threatened...
...others were biased in their coverage of the Middle East. But Americans has the right know about the incidental the abducted journalist reported from Lebanon at one time or another this summer during the Israelli Invasion. No one can say whether their news stories--consciously orsub-consciously--reflected the danger they knew they were...
...first formal news conference in 21 months, Weinberger last week strongly defended Reagan's proposed strategic buildup. Said the Defense Secretary: "A nuclear freeze would weaken the deterrent forces we rely on to prevent war. We think freezing at this point is something that will increase the danger of war. The moral aspects of it should be examined from that point of view." The Administration has asked for a meeting with the bishops' committee, which may be held next month...
...after the first draft had been written. The Pope said deterrence "may still be judged morally acceptable," but added that it could not be considered "an end in itself and "it is indispensable not to be satisfied with this minimum, which is always susceptible to the real danger of explosion." This formulation follows the guidelines established by the Second Vatican Council in 1962-65, which wrestled with the still unanswered dilemma that nuclear deterrence depends on a nation's expressing the willingness to commit an immoral act-using nuclear weapons...
Though concerned about loan losses, most bankers bristle at the suggestion that the stability of the financial system may be in danger. Says Walter Wriston, chairman of Citicorp: "Every major bank in America last year made more money than General Motors, Ford and Chrysler combined. They lost more than $1 billion. But if one bank out of 15,000 loses money for one quarter, it looks like the end of the world to people." Most Washington officials share the bankers' confidence. Says a member of the Federal Reserve Board: "Even the relatively few banks that have been hardest...