Word: dangerous
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...Central America. But even in the Middle East, Iran's defeat and the subsequent isolation of Syria have checked at least temporarily the most radical and destabilizing players in that area. In Central America the Soviets have indeed established a strategic toehold, but this is unlikely to spell immediate danger for the region because of Nicaragua's economic chaos and social unrest. In fact, for the first time in a generation, one can say that there is not a single international crisis facing the U.S. In such a becalmed environment, what can the two candidates debate...
...soldiers insisted they fired in self-defense, but the Palestinians deny that the undercover troops were ever in danger. Says the father of one victim: "They just shot them dead." Israeli Major General Amram Mitzna, who commands the West Bank, launched an investigation into the Yatta deaths. Insiders say the general was furious: "By shooting, you have exposed yourselves and your identity. You went there to arrest them, and the mission was not accomplished...
...tritium production at Savannah River is not resumed within a year or so, says Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Robert Barker, "we will begin to disarm unilaterally." Even as such alarms are being sounded, however, there is little sense of urgency at the White House about either the danger to national security or the threat to people living in potentially irradiated environments near the DOE facilities. "The Energy Department is managing the situation very well," says B. Jay Cooper, a White House spokesman. Intent on keeping the issue from being politicized in the election campaign, another White House source...
...firms may help the combined company compete against foreign rivals. Philip Morris, for example, hopes its purchase of Kraft will create a more formidable ) opponent to the West European consumer goods giants Nestle and Unilever. And because most industries now operate in a global marketplace, there is decreasing danger that mergers will stifle U.S. competition and raise consumer prices...
...three gray whales, they may have to face new, intensified dangers from polar bears and killer whales that might sense their distress, as well as the danger that they might again become lost or trapped by the ice. As naturalist Roger Caras remarked last week on Nightline: "They are exhausted, they are stressed, and they've got a gamut to run." Caras and others did not believe that Putu, Siku and Kanik would ever reach their wintering grounds off the coasts of California and Mexico. Meanwhile, conservationists and whale lovers might reflect on this conundrum: How can the human outpouring...