Word: imperil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...incident in their affair in which Clinton wanted her to do it with him in the bathroom of the Governor's mansion while a party was in full swing and Mrs. Clinton was nearby. If he were merely going for a quickie, it would have been monumentally stupid to imperil an entire political future. If, however, he felt that he was playing a high-risk romantic game, he gladly would have become a fool for love. Sex would have been the least...
...distance from Earth to the moon. The most intense outbursts explode a billion tons of material off the sun's searing (11,000[degrees]F) surface at speeds of millions of miles an hour. If these electrically charged particles happen to slam against Earth's atmosphere, they can imperil astronauts, push satellites out of orbit or fry their circuitry. If they hit the ground, they can turn compass needles topsy-turvy, knock out electrical-power systems and possibly change the planetary climate. No wonder scientists dream of one day being able to predict storms on the sun with...
...tale of the Potomac mines illustrates, this prosperity is not about abundance but about taking bigger risks with smaller margins in a winner-take-all competition. This is a story about pennies--about how a difference of cents on a ton of coal in a local bidding war can imperil a small town in West Virginia's eastern panhandle...
...Package of "targeted tax cuts" over six years, including a family tax credit of $500 a child. Opposes a general capital gains tax cut but favors exempting from tax up to $500,000 in Profit from the sale of a home. Believes Dole's 15% tax-cut plan would imperil attempts to balance the budget...
...Benefits has yet to receive the proposal to cap the co-payments. We urge the JCB to act expeditiously and send the proposal to Provost Albert Carnesale so that he can approve the plan. Harvard's workers deserve the freedom from the fear of rising medical costs that imperil their families and the health...