Word: perils
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leaves Whitehall less convinced that by giving way, it gains. Uganda is the showcase of British imperialism: prosperous (on coffee and cotton), well governed (by Sanders-of-the-River-style district officers), untouched by the racial discord that disfigures neighboring Kenya. Understandably, Britons argued that if Uganda is in peril, the Empire is nowhere safe...
...hold office in Great Britain-that, what is more, his statement must be accepted as representative of the views of the large body of his countrymen, tells us more than that the once mighty British character is now effete, senile, and immoral; it tells us that at our peril we rely upon England as a partner in the fight to preserve civilization...
...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...