Word: perils
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with its non-nuclear allies-especially with West Germany, which is already stirring with the unfounded suspicion that Washington is about to conclude an arms "deal" with Moscow before ensuring German reunification. A more faulty step could give the Soviets an enormous propaganda victory-or even worse, bring great peril...
Concerning the article on "The Peril of Strontium 90" [May 6], I feel very strongly that we should heed Dr. Schweitzer's warning...
...peril of the entire Administration program, Ike's polite, reasoned arguments did not even hit home among his old friends, the voters. Only one TV network (NBC) carried his speech live, and a Trendex rating showed that only 11.3% were watching (with another 48% not watching anything). TIME correspondents across the U.S. reported that most nonprofessionals just weren't listening. Staunch Ikemen were disappointed. "Believe me," said a Los Angeles insurance executive, "the President didn't change one opinion or one vote." The crusading anti-budgeteers were more belligerent than ever. "As for taking the President...
...schools. Said the president: "In the light of the emotions and tensions over this question in Alabama. I felt that Mr. Hutchinson could not expect to advance his career at this institution." Obviously, retorted Hutchinson, "professors who dare to perform their function of providing information do so at the peril of their jobs and professional reputation. It is precisely on emotionally charged subjects that debate and discussion must be allowed. If we condone an abdication of intellectual discussion on such matters, then emotion reigns supreme...
...season, and the dark and hostile world beyond. In the tribal organization, a man's security lay in his tribal brothers, his wealth in his cattle and women, and his faith in the witch doctor whose juju alone could ward off the infinite peril that beset him on every side. Preoccupied always with the cruel day-to-day realities of getting enough to eat himself and keeping himself from being eaten, the Middle African man-in-the-bush was for the most part unaware of the rich potential of the land beneath his feet. There, waiting to be found...