Word: perilousness
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...previously been featured on a jazz album, Two Worlds—with a new rendition of “Over the Rainbow.” Fleming attempted a lot with Judy Garland’s classic, but crossing genres with such a popular song is always fraught with peril. In the future, Fleming would be wise to choose a less iconic selection...
...looks like a ready-made partner, honed by years of battle-tested opposition to the Taliban, resentful of the foreign influence of Osama bin Laden. But if the Front has useful ground-level military capabilities, its feuding leaders, riven by ethnic and religious differences, and fractious makeup spell political peril. Nearly a dozen countries in the region hold a stake in the Front's fortunes, and Pakistan, slated as a prime partner for U.S. military actions, is bitterly opposed to advancing United Front interests. Even Washington officials eager to topple the Taliban wonder just how much good the Front...
...willing to go directly into harm’s way,” Gore said of Judge. “He exemplified both the scarifice and values of our coutnry in this time of peril...
Besides America’s poor image, its political meddling presents endless peril for the adventure traveler who builds an itinerary based on the rugged impulse to explore...
...grit out of the rescuers' eyes. Every so often the Klaxon sounded, another fractured building about to faint. Medics had to keep moving the morgue. Even the rescuers had to be rescued from the hidden caves, the shifting rubble, the filthy air. When the rains came Thursday night the peril merely increased, as the ash turned to porridge and the fires hissed and spat...