Word: imperil
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...treaty's failure could imperil the fate of other pacts. Says William Walker, professor of international relations at St. Andrews University: "If the central world power begins to question the validity of [such] treaties, everything shakes up." It also undermines U.S. credibility in diplomatic circles, leaving nations wondering how much faith they can put in the pledges of a President who pushed for--but couldn't get--treaty approval...
...lists of endorsements almost daily. But when it comes to placing their own futures on the line, other Democrats are hedging their bets. Even as House minority leader Dick Gephardt works hard to shore up Gore support among labor and in Iowa, he will not do anything to imperil his chances of taking back the House--which is why he is not squeezing hard on wavering members. "You've got to do what you need to get re-elected," the leader told one. "That's what I want the most." And Gephardt is working on a strategy in which...
...retirement with partial benefits from the present 62 to 65, as many ardent reformers propose, would be a mistake. Miners, laborers and other manual workers have enough trouble continuing their exhausting toil even to age 62. For many, staying on the job until they are 65 or older could imperil their health--or even life...
What he brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. As Ho's war escalated in the mid-1960s, it became clear to Lyndon Johnson that Vietnam would imperil his presidency. In 1965, Johnson tried a diplomatic approach. Accustomed to dispensing patronage to recalcitrant Congressmen, he was confident that the tactic would work. "Old Ho can't turn me down," L.B.J. said. But Ho did. Any settlement, he realized, would mean accepting a permanent partition and forfeiting his dream to unify Vietnam under his flag...
...Cook was trying to relay the European Union?s belief that such Israeli settlements imperil the peace process,? says TIME London correspondent Helen Gibson. ?But he appears to have handled it really badly, and to have created major problems ahead of Blair?s visit next month.? Then again, with Netanyahu insisting that such settlement activity is non-negotiable, there may have been no diplomatic way for Cook to make his point...