Word: perilous
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Something odd and transforming generally happens to the public when presented with a story like Levy's. Most people are decent natured when they learn of a terrible event, and their sympathetic attention flies to the person in distress or peril. But open the story to one of sweaty nights between the sheets or to the possibility of murder by a public figure, and the initial rush of sympathy is closed off as if by a valve. Enter, then, the cable-TV experts in somber fantasizing and rampant "scenarios," and a story that caused you to gulp now makes...
...radical surge presents a moral dilemma for those mainstream organizations that make up the core of the sprawling antiglobalization movement. With the lives of people on both sides of police lines in greater peril, some groups are grasping for a new strategy. The environmental activist group Friends of the Earth announced last week that it will stay away from Genoa. "We're not going because we've received no guarantees it will be peaceful," says Duncan McLaren, a spokesman. Others may yet pull out. Says Fleur Anderson, head of campaigns for the Roman Catholic relief charity CAFOD...
...been missing for several days, Fanny had been worried enough to file a missing person's report with the Corona police, suggesting they check his favorite hangouts, like the Uoko Japanese restaurant in nearby Tustin. She certainly didn't expect to find him in the Philippines?and in great peril...
...this point, the Firestone brand is in peril. Bridgestone, Firestone's Japanese parent company, could decide it can't market the Firestone brand anymore, and might replace it with the Japanese-produced Bridgestone brand, which has remained pretty unsullied by this process...
...Ford's peril is in many ways greater. They are trying to remake themselves as a consumer-sensitive company that listens to consumers and environmentalists. They want to come across as bunch of nice guys - and now this inquiry has severely hurt their credibility. Sales of the 2002 Explorer, which is a completely redesigned vehicle, have been very slow. The fear for Ford is that they will lose ground in America to imports...