Word: perilousness
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...needs help from his surly robot pal (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a school chum (Claire Danes) to escape the machinations of blond killer cyborg T-X (Kristanna Loken). The Messiah metaphors that helped make the first Terminator a superior entertainment are now just the givens: boy and girl in peril, with one protector and one implacable pursuer. At its metallic heart, T3 is another chase movie--one figure relentlessly tracking three others, mostly in cars, at high speed through implausibly underpopulated Los Angeles streets...
...secretly promised George W. Bush to fight. Downing St. officials say they're confident the skeptics will look stupid when wmd are found, that Blair didn't lie and that polls show voters think the war was worth fighting regardless. But the shambolic occupation means the political peril of his central foreign-policy gamble - standing shoulder to shoulder with Bush - persists. The British "had nothing to do with the way the occupation was organized," says an American official. "They're not happy, and they're saying, 'I told you so.'" But Blair is still stuck with the mess. A trip...
...MOVIES ARE THE NEW WESTERNS. "There were a million westerns with chases on horseback," says Shelton. "In our iconography, cars have replaced horses." There are a few differences: a city street holds more concentrated peril than the open prairie, and drivers can go way faster than cowboys. The horsepower under John Wayne...
...retaliation, Musharraf could dissolve the provincial assembly. But the MMA is making threats of its own, warning that 68 of its members serving in parliament may resign if Islamabad tries to overturn the local law. That poses no direct peril to Musharraf, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999. But the flimsy coalition Musharraf stitched together after last October's elections could come unraveled if there are mass resignations. And if the elected government falls, Musharraf's popularity could plummet, as could his standing with his main international ally...
Summers cited these statistics at the end of the meeting, saying, “It would be at our peril if we did not seriously discuss the role of alcohol on our campus...