Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political sphere, hard-liners rose up and forced the ouster of reformist Communist Party Chief Hu Yaobang early this year. Even if such internal party opposition does not stop Gorbachev, how far can he push change without unleashing democratic forces that could ultimately destabilize Soviet society? Mindful of that danger, Gorbachev warned the editors and propagandists that openness "is not an attempt to undermine socialism...
...Constitution's great merit lies in its timeliness, its depth and its durability. People like Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate, and Bernie Sanders, the socialist mayor of Burlington, Vt., would sacrifice the individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution for specific economic amendments. There is great danger in adopting ideas that may be fleeting in nature. Legislative avenues are available for the introduction of new notions...
Sailors once dreaded the blue Sargasso Sea, believing its gulfweed could entangle them forever. The protagonist of William McPherson's novel fears entrapment in other currents. Andrew MacAllister, 40, an American playwright, is lured by the danger of adultery while in London to open one of his plays. He feels "controlled by urgent signals other than his own." Later, when he and his wife Ann, "the couple on the wedding cake," are on vacation in Bermuda, he has a homosexual encounter and is shocked to find that his body continually horrifies him. In McPherson's fine first novel Testing...
Administration officials voiced confidence that the escort is more likely to deter attacks than provoke clashes. They cautioned, however, that the danger of terrorist strikes against U.S. embassies and foreign installations may increase. The spiraling tensions between Paris and Tehran last week and the doubts expressed on Capitol Hill underscored both the dangers of involvement in the gulf and the volatility of Iran's leaders. Even Dole's support for the reflagging sounded wistful. "It's a done deal," he said. "I may not think it's the best tactic, but it's done. The last thing...
...abrogate the highest law in the name of the people, Stokes said. By suggesting that North's philosophy was one which frightened Blacks, Stokes indirectly helped to explain the presence of racial slurs in Ollie's mail. The Ohio Congressman was trying to make North aware of the dangers of his own words, words which contained the danger that someday a bigoted majority would be able to strip minorities of their civil rights...