Word: perilousness
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...true sources of peril in the Crimson’s 67-63 loss to the Big Red Saturday night at Lavietes Pavilion came from players who were hardly labeled as targets and one in particular who wasn’t even on the radar screen...
...deeply disturbed to read that no warnings about an impending tsunami reached the countries in peril. Humankind needs to work together to combat the unforeseen destructive forces of nature and safeguard the lives of millions. The damage and loss of life could have been minimized to a great extent if governments had been quicker to realize what was coming and issued warnings. We have to get past the political boundaries that we have built. Nature will always teach us that. Savi Mull Lucknow, India...
...with little fanfare, in bleak times during the '60s floods and now after the tsunami devastation. We'll always be a friend to the U.S. Bandula Sri Amarasekara Colombo, Sri Lanka I was deeply disturbed to read that no warnings about an impending tsunami reached the countries in peril. Humankind needs to work together to combat the unforeseen destructive forces of nature and safeguard the lives of millions. The damage and loss of life could have been minimized to a great extent if governments had been quicker to realize what was coming and had issued warnings. We have...
...looking different and escapes to another land (a distant planet for E.T., death for Taou Yuen). The movie also is mildly progressive and provocative in positing a saintly Asian destroyed by ignorant Europeans. (Possible caveat: the villain, Nellie's brother, is a white man tainted by the Yellow Peril - opium.) But its most interesting subtext is the Code of the Kiss. In movies of the day, the hero was destined to wind up with the first woman he meaningfully kisses. Man and wife share several intimate scenes in their bedroom, but they never kiss. Late in he film, Gerrit surrenders...
...people appreciate the promise and the peril of the fast-growing natural-foods business as well as Irwin Simon, the energetic founder and CEO of the Hain Celestial Group. In the decade or so that Simon, 46, has been cobbling together the niche category's leader by buying up dozens of mom-and-pop brands, he has had to deal with all sorts of situations that aren't typically covered in business school. During one of Hain's recent acquisitions, the seller tried to insist that his factories be closed on Saturdays for religious reasons. Then there was the time...