Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier this week Reagan proved that he does not intend to probe the hypocrisy and danger of U.S. involvement in El Salvador. By firing Ambassador Robert White--ostensibly withdrawn from the country to Washington D.C. for "consultations"--Reagan demonstrated that he will not tolerate dissent on U.S. policy from an American official. Like his conservative advisor, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, Reagan believes it is wise to support "mildly" repressive regimes, and, perhaps, if you close an eye and both ears, El Salvador's junta--responsible for 10,000 political murders last year--is "mildly" repressive...
...committee's final paper anticipated this argument, and emphasized the vital necessity for majority students to participate in any foundation. But in addressing the supposed danger of separatism, the Gomes Committee made an unstated assumption: it valued the Harvard community's common good over the particular, pressing needs of Third World students at a predominantly white institution, implying a trade-off between the private and public interest...
...between the two incidents are more to the point. The U.S. could threaten force against North Korea because it had no fear of driving the North Koreans into the arms of the Soviet Union. With Iran that fear was, and is, a fundamental consideration, as was the even larger danger of igniting the entire Persian Gulf and throttling the West's essential oil supply. Also, the Pueblo crew was in fact spying, and they were doing so against a country with which the U.S. had no diplomatic relations. Beyond that, Kim II Sung's regime, while hardly...
...conditions of the sale. Some members of Parliament are nevertheless attempting to block the sale by demanding that it be reviewed by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, the customary procedure in a newspaper transaction of this size. But such a review can be waived if a paper is in danger of folding. Says Murdoch, eager to keep the presses rolling: "This is a time for a new face and a new beginning...
...that riding the bull will prove a passing fad. Others are leary of higher insurance rates and injury claims-even though in most places the machine is surrounded by hefty cushioning, and riders are required to sign waivers absolving the owners from responsibility for injury. The very prospect of danger can be a potent spur. Peter Szymanski, 26, a computer technician from Gardner, Mass., took such a bad fall at Boston's Celebration that he had to nurse twelve stitches under his cowboy hat. "It hasn't scared me," he shrugs, relishing his moment of glory. "I knew...