Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probably didn't even know the plant went down until they heard it on the 11:00 news. The MASCO higher-ups got everything under control and ran the plant fairly smoothly for the duration of the strike. And the plant's oil supplies never even got near the danger point...
...loons flutter at the edge of the lake as only loons can, quiet and watchful, cautious, craning their necks and rolling their eyes at the merest hint of danger. Joe ignores the loons, they will die or disappear and he will live. He will go on the road, bear the blue yoke of America's heartland, deceive and be deceived, lose everything he has and keep everything he wants...
...relative dove?and wound up vastly escalating U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. On the other hand, Dwight Eisenhower, a war leader, was extremely cautious as President about the use of military power and even warned about the insidious influence of a "militaryindustrial complex," which Reagan now considers no danger at all. But Reagan's own policies as Governor of California certainly turned out to be far more moderate than his campaign for the office had suggested...
There is a political and historical irony in the positions of the two candidates on SALT II. Reagan proposes to scrap the present treaty and reopen negotiations with the Kremlin. His goal: a new agreement that would substantially reduce the Soviet arsenal of intercontinental missiles and thus blunt the danger of a surprise attack against the American rockets. Reagan hopes to induce the Soviets to go back to the bargaining table by threatening a new arms race...
...gave his time, talent and name to People for the American Way. Beyond the new TV spots, PAW is working on educational programs with leaflets and articles on "the nature of our pluralistic society," for distribution in schools, churches and libraries. According to its inaugural statement last week, "the danger of the Religious New Right is that they attack the integrity and character of anyone who does not stand with them." A PAW manifesto, written by former Yale Divinity School Dean Colin Williams, contends that the Protestant right threatens pluralism, democracy and, yes, the American...