Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into being as a result of the degeneration of the first socialist country in the world. This allows it to exploit Lenin's prestige and flount the banner of "socialism" to deprive other peoples of their right to self-determination. This duplicity, peculiar to Soviet hegemonism, increases the special danger it poses as a hegemonic super-power. If there is one metaphor to describe the Soviet Union, it is that of a "wolf in sheep's clothing...
...like an old Currier and Ives you've got up there" [the walls, they always start with what you've got hanging on the walls, or with what you're majoring in or what you did last summer or where you're from--but avoid that one, there's danger there...
...first sustained advance beyond the sphere of influence established in 1945. In another sense, however, the invasion of Afghanistan was consistent with Soviet behavior since World War II. It demonstrated again the U.S.S.R.'s proclivity for using brute force as the best way to ensure an "absence of danger," and for filling vacuums created by the limits of Western diplomacy and alliances. In ordering that invasion, the Soviet leaders calculated correctly that they were not risking a direct military confrontation with the U.S. or its allies...
...continuing terrorism, but they also cautioned that the military's new role in the Basque country could eventually pose a threat to democracy. "When the armed forces set themselves up as judge over the democratic process and feel tempted to intervene," they wrote, "this constitutes a serious danger rather than a genuine defense of the interests of the people...
Even though contractors are spiritedly jousting for new contracts, manufacturing facilities will be strained to meet demand. A House Armed Services Committee report last year concluded that the "defense industrial base has deteriorated and is in danger of further deterioration in coming years." It warned that without the addition of new facilities, the U.S. will be "attempting the impossible: the re-establishment of a first-rate military force on a second-rate industrial base." John Richardson, president of Hughes Aircraft, admits: "The defense industry will be hard pressed because of shortages of critical materials and a declining network of industry...