Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Italy. Despite John Kennedy's ringing "Ich bin ein Berliner" declaration of U.S. solidarity with West Berlin, reaffirmed by President Nixon during his European visit two months ago, only 23% of Americans would be willing to risk nuclear war if West Berlin were in danger of Communist invasion. A notably larger number, 31%, would take that risk if Cuba, backed by the Soviet Union, threatened to take over Venezuela. Only in one hypothetical situation on Harris' questionnaire-"If Cuba, backed by the Russians, threatened to take over Mexico"-would Americans be willing to use nuclear weapons, and that...
...euphoric exhaustion. Despite their misgivings, most professors seemed satisfied that Cornell had averted bloodshed. Many students envisioned a new era of racial good feeling. Robert W. Purcell, chairman of the board of trustees, said the "silent center" had spoken, and he insisted that "Cornell has come through without danger and strengthened." Yet disturbing questions remain: If radical student power dominates a university, what happens to professors who disagree with it? More broadly, if a university is threatened with disorder, how far can it compromise before it loses all integrity? Is Cornell a symbol of racial progress or a disaster...
With the final results for four events in, the Crimson held first place with 34 points, while Tufts was a distant second with nine. There seems little chance that Harvard's lead will be in danger when the meet wraps up tomorrow with the running events at Boston College...
...Soviet and other East Bloc leaders, who feared that their own people would demand similar reforms. At a Warsaw Pact summit meeting in Dresden in March 1968, East German Boss Walter Ulbricht reportedly waved his arms ominously over the other Party leaders, warning: "We will all soon be in danger, if not swept out of office." Soviet tanks, of course, averted that eventuality and ended Dubček's stirring, if perhaps hopelessly Utopian experiment in mingling democracy and Communism...
...children of anarchy and change are raised." Hammer carries the passport of that principality. Brought up as a foundling, he becomes an unsettling, sinister figure. Rootless and rich, he is odd in some dreadful way that puts him outside humanity. A haunted, solitary drunk, he seems to epitomize the danger and disorder that lurk in self-preoccupation. A pet cat, or familiar spirit, called Schwartz, suggests that Hammer may be some sort of warlock. But in any case, Hammer sows lechery and malevolence wherever he goes...