Word: periled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fracas followers usually gathered at the famous Rebellion Tree, an elm east of Hollis Hall. It was there that John Quincy Adams' son George heroically told the mobs, "Gentlemen, we have been commanded, at our peril, not to return to the Rebellion Tree: at our peril we do return...
...Point of Peril. In view of these estimates (which would be disastrous if wrong), the Joint Chiefs of Staff have hopefully fixed 1954 as the U.S. "peril point." To prepare the U.S. for that moment, the JCS last fall belatedly fixed a minimum goal: an air force of 143 wings (126 combat, 17 transport) by 1954, designed to 1) protect the nation against the first shock of attack and 2) hold off the attackers until the U.S. can build to full war strength. It was against this professional estimate of the situation that the President...
...irritated Congressmen who had appropriated a total of $35 billion for the U.S. Air Force since 1946. But in terms of the enemy's newly revealed seven-league boots, the point was all too valid. All last summer Vandenberg tried to make the other Joint Chiefs see the peril as he saw it. Sometimes, after a no-progress session, he would come back to his office, hurl his cap on a chair, and let loose a profane blast of despair...
...protectionist pressure, if not held back, can play havoc with the weak economies of America's partners abroad, and the greater the dollar gap, the greater the peril to the free world's security. The New York Times last week proposed a change in U.S. slogans; in place of "Buy American" it suggested "Buy Free World...
...Under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, as renewed and amended in 1951, the Tariff Commission must investigate all requests for higher duties. When the level of any import reaches a so-called "peril point" (i.e., threatens to hurt domestic producers), tariffs must be automatically raised...