Word: perilousness
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...Charles Percy of Illinois wondered whether this might take the form of a cutback in the oil production vital to Western economies and a massive withdrawal of Arab money from American banks. So the moment of opportunity for American policymakers in the Middle East is also a moment of peril...
...peril is the more acute because the U.S. has no direct way to affect the other conflict that is shaking the Middle East: the Iran-Iraq war. It is some consolation, though, that except for the U.S., no nation has enough influence on either the Arabs or the Israelis, let alone both, even to try for a Beirut-Palestinian settlement. The Soviets, having failed to keep Syria and the P.L.O. from military defeat at the hands of Israel, have been at least temporarily pushed out of the picture, as attested by Khaddam's presence in Washington rather than Moscow...
...frequently called "the Bulldozer." It suits both his girth (5 ft. 6 in., 235 lbs.) and his autocratic style. He inspires extremes of emotion. To his admirers, especially his troops, he is a brave and brilliant field commander who is not afraid to take risks, even at his peril. To his critics, among them many of his generals and Cabinet colleagues, he is an arrogant and dangerously ambitious megalomaniac with little or no respect for opposing points of view, much less democratic process. Said a senior Knesset member who attended meetings with Sharon last week: "If someone suggests another...
...course Jake goes with Magda to Berlin and finds himself in far greater peril than he had imagined. But his rite of passage is not only the literal trek from East back to West but the psychological journey toward true maturity. Experiencing the sense of danger that his father must have felt so often during his exploits, Jake comes face to face with the enemy: "I have blamed the world, my father, mother, uncle, and wife for all my weaknesses. I have wallowed in self-pity." It is time, he decides, to enter the free world...
...reservoir of anxiety, if you will, or the collective pvsche of the American public, about nuclear weapons....This anxiety stays beneath the surface because most people would prefer not to confront the reality of our nuclear situation. But every so often something happens that compels people to recognize the peril in which we all live...