Word: perilousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition, Rivers said that many Blacks are in physical peril, citing statistics which indicate that Black teenagers are more than 50 times more likely than whites to contract some sexual diseases...
...Determination to Transform. Officials in Washington reject the premise that Russia's reforms are doomed or that Yeltsin's position is in peril. "Are we losing Russia?" asks a senior Administration official. "No. On the contrary, I'm relatively optimistic." Slight progress is showing: according to one of six exchange rates, the ruble's value has improved from 110 to the dollar to 80, and some prices -- even for sausage -- have actually declined. Russian opinion polls indicate Yeltsin's authority may have strengthened...
...dining hall staff already draw eager luncheoners from afar, and where the puny eating space barely accommodates the residents of this, the largest undergraduate house, we look upon your new restrictions as, frankly, almost a declaration of war. I am sure the inhabitants of Lowell share our peril...
Politicians are candid at their peril; a gaffe occurs when one of them inadvertently says what he actually thinks. By that standard, presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan is a veritable gaffemeister, insisting that Watergate was "a bunch of Mickey Mouse misdemeanors," Congress is "Israeli- occupied territory," and Ollie North is "a hero." Buchanan's pasty face crinkles into a smile when he recalls penning phrases like "pusillanimous pussyfooters...
...country. Helter-skelter population growth along some rivers and the mushrooming of commercial construction at the edge of floodplains are putting thousands of people in disaster's path. The danger zones, some 50 miles or more wide, are so vast that newcomers are often unaware of their potential peril. Warnings to evacuate frequently go unheeded, as they did along parts of the Brazos...