Word: perilousness
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...conservative-for we can conceive of no higher commission that history could have conferred upon us than that which we humbly bear-the preservation, in this time of tempest and of peril, of the spiritual values that alone give dignity and meaning to man's pilgrimage on this earth...
...galaxy from the far reaches of space, said Dr. Fermi. Geologic ages ago, they drifted into the weak, galactic magnetic field. And weak though that field is, it has had millions of years to kick the particles up to a dangerous speed. Space travelers will brave them at their peril...
...Russell Wiggins, whose paper has blasted McCarthy in editorials and cartoons almost as often as the New York Post has. Said the minority: "We are compelled by every command of duty to brand this and every like threat to freedom of the press, from whatever source, as a peril to American freedom . . . Congressional interrogation such as [this], if frequently repeated, would extinguish, without passage of a single law, that free and unfettered reporting of events and comment thereon upon which the preservation of our liberties depends ... A press put to the frequent necessity of explaining its news and editorial policies...
...believe that we, who in January came to Washington, have seen and conquered all the problems of our nation. The future, both immediate and distant, remains full of trial and hazard. The end of our staggering economic burden is not yet in sight. The end of the peril to peace is not clearly in view...
...most momentous constitutional issue since President Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court," said the Washington Post, and argued that the Bricker Amendment should be defeated to protect the Union from dire peril...