Word: gravest
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...survives the coming two weeks with no more confirmed cases outside the initial infected area, its $7 billion-a-year industry in meat and dairy exports may be saved. But if the infection spreads as it has in Britain, France - and the rest of Europe - could be facing its gravest agricultural crisis since the end of World...
...counterintelligence agent, Hanssen knew his gravest danger lay in betrayal. So he was obsessive about security from the start and never revealed his identity to his "friends" in Moscow. He noted that his first delivery of documents made him vulnerable because "as a collection they point to me." He said his name and position "must be left unstated to ensure my security." He used various aliases besides "B," including Ramon Garcia and Jim Baker; his handlers could address him only as "Dear Friend." When Moscow suggested more complex and distant drop sites, he refused, saying, "My experience tells...
...give thanks that the Supreme Court of Florida has taken the matter in hand and, although its methods are a little partisan, has addressed itself to one of the gravest threats to the Republic since Fort Sumter...