Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Energy legislation left from last year, including the windfall profits tax, must be passed promptly. U.S. dependence on foreign oil is "a clear and present danger to our nation's security," said Carter. But he did not call for any new energy measures, and he failed to emphasize the obvious need for an all-out drive to cut U.S. oil consumption...
...President's aides took consolation in describing the speech as "forcefully ambiguous." Vance was also unhappy with the rhetoric, but for a different reason. According to a close associate, he was concerned that the language was too flamboyant, giving the impression that Carter was overreacting and raising the danger that he would not be able to deliver on his threat of repelling a Soviet assault in the Persian Gulf...
...Karmal is President. (Watanjar is Minister of Communications and No. 6 in the leadership.) Afghanistan has a made-in-Moscow presidium and the ruble is the coin of the realm. Having become a de facto Soviet satellite two years ago, the benighted nation is now in danger of becoming the de facto 16th republic of the U.S.S.R. That sorry prospect leaves the U.S. to polish its intelligence community's crystal ball and to rebuild the original "security perimeter" south of Afghanistan with new alliances, fresh diplomatic offensives, and reinforced military deployments. Of course, the U.S. can also hope that...
...they were all protected by the First Amendment. Dissenting in 1951 from the conviction of Communist Party leaders for advocating the overthrow of the Government, Douglas wrote: "Free speech-the glory of our system of Government-should not be sacrificed on anything less than plain and objective proof of danger that the evil advocated is imminent...
...products or the unwillingness of would-be cartel members to cut production enough to maintain high prices. The copper exporting organization, for example, was weakened when industrial users began replacing that metal with plastics and aluminum, and effectively collapsed when the last recession produced a worldwide copper glut. The danger of other cartels remains remote -for now. Even so, individual nations may be moved to reduce exports, and those actions could severely tighten supplies and send prices surging...