Word: perils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dangerous as their hero because they are anonymous. The press may or may not "create" Farrakhan, but it does not create the silent haters. If everyone turned his face away from Farrakhan or those like him, how would people know the extent of his supporters, or their own peril...
...jolted, says Caltech Earthquake Expert George W. Housner, it reacts "like a bowl of jelly." The city has, in fact, been sinking into its soft base at up to 10 in. annually. The drop has been uneven, creating a tilt in some foundations, thus placing those buildings at greater peril than others when the earth begins to rumble...
Mark Twain for the prosecution: "Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig . . . the Leatherstocking Series ought to have been called the Broken Twig Series." D.H. Lawrence for the defense: "Fenimore Cooper has probably done more than any writer to present the Red Man to the white man." For the reader: the Library of America, offering The Leatherstocking Tales in all their flawed glory...
...retaliating. Experts note apprehensively that terrorist attacks, airplane hijackings in particular, tend to come in clusters. A new wave of unpunished terrorism could frighten Arab moderates enough to destroy all prospect of peace negotiations with Israel; that indeed may be the terrorists' aim. Moreover, American lives are already in peril: Brian Jenkins, a Rand Corp. expert, estimates that about a third of all terrorist attacks involve Americans, more than involve the citizens of any other country. Analysts have worried in the past about the U.S.'s acquiring a reputation among terrorists and governments that support them as a target that...
...second peril is the possibility of a loss of faith in the U.S. economy by foreign investors. In the past three years more than $250 billion has flowed into the U.S. from abroad. That money has been a big help in financing the federal budget deficit, which will top $200 billion this year, and keeping interest rates from rising. If foreigners sharply reduced their investments, the dollar might plunge much more steeply than it already has, and interest rates would jump. While noting that some experts fear such an event, TIME's economists think that the odds are against...