Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...danger, though it seems remote at this time, is that the pendulum will swing too far in the opposite direction, that artists will become so altruistic in their desire to accommodate popular tastes that they will work exclusively in the styles of former masters. There can be only one Picasso; if, say, a whole new generation of artists were to work in his style, it would hardly guarantee better paintings. Likewise, Pippin and the other "concept musicals" of the '70s proved that the Rodgers and Hammerstein storybook musical is a creature of the past, an observation symbolically confirmed by Richard...
...nuclear bomb would obviously enhance the power of any terrorist group. With the emergence in Iran of terrorism as a foreign policy instrument of the "responsible" nation-state, the danger of nuclear terrorism has become more real...
June 12: Margaret Thatcher, dubbed Attila the Hen by critics, loses a vote of confidence in the House of Commons. A mysterious fire sweeps through the Parliament building. Citing the danger of ceding control of new American missiles in Europe to the "pink forces within the Labor Party," Thatcher imposes martial law and seizes power for an indefinite period...
...immediate result, the U.S., Western Europe and Japan face continuing inflation and rising unemployment, brought on, in part, by a disruption of the oil trade. Beyond that looms the danger of U.S.-Soviet confrontation. Washington policymakers, uncertain about the leftist impulses of Iran's ubiquitous "students" ?and perhaps some members of Iran's ruling Revolutionary Council?fear that the country may become a new target of opportunity for Soviet adventurism. The Kremlin leaders in turn must contend with the danger that the U.S.S.R.'s 50 million Muslims could be aroused by Khomeini's incendiary Islamic nationalism...
...everything through its lackey, the Shah. And it has placed the U.S. citizenry's honor in jeopardy. Because of U.S. Government behavior, Eastern peoples may now develop a pessimistic view of the American nation. The Americans should take this fact into consideration. Carter's continued presidency is a danger for America. It poses a threat to American national honor. If the U.S. Government ?through military intervention, economic blockade, bully tactics and similar actions?succeeds in depriving us of justice, then the crisis will never be resolved, it will always rankle in the mind of our people. The American people...