Word: perilousness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...That's why Washington is so desperately seeking a new strategy for Iraq. The present one clearly isn't working, and each of the alternatives - from "cut and run" through partition, finding a new strongman regime or bringing in the neighbors to sort things out - carries more peril than prospect. The Tet Offensive analogy offers a false choice between an ignominious retreat and a dogged determination to stay the course...
...need to drink a gallon of water an hour to survive in heat like that, and the illegal aliens and smugglers who pounded these paths into the desert had another 80 miles to go before they reached the nearest paved road. But parched terrain wasn't the only peril they faced: these tracks all head smack into a live-fire range where Marine and Air Force pilots practice hitting targets - with very real bombs...
...bogeyman of the right. Hastert went on to say, without producing any proof, that the revelation was the work of Bill Clinton's operatives. But that line of argument, of course, suggests that Republicans would have preferred to keep Foley's secrets locked away, presumably at the pages' peril. And the Democrats for once are showing the good sense to stay out of the way when the other side is self-destructing. Sighed one of the younger House Republican aides who sits in on key meetings: "Foul play on the Democrats' side? If that is the only card left...
...time nor the place for bubbles. Engaged students are finding that college campuses are battlegrounds, not only in the global war on terror, but in the fight for liberty and security at home. We ignore the rest of the world and our responsibility for each other at our own peril...
...wasn't hard enough to conceive of Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas having much to talk about given the gulf that divides them at present, there's an additional peril: The more radical elements of Hamas and Fatah have traditionally responded to any movement toward rapprochement or renewed negotiations by launching new acts of violence aimed at provoking harsh Israeli retaliation and, as a result, sabotaging progress. And the political aftermath of Lebanon for the Israeli leader suggests it's unlikely that any such provocation will go unpunished. So, while the leaders do their best to look busy...