Word: perils
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...past is likely to happen again. This time, however, the consequences could be far more serious. Mammoth Lakes and many of the West's other volcano zones are now the hub of busy recreation centers, many of whose residents are only vaguely aware of the peril that may be building in the ground beneath them. It will be up to the scientists to give them accurate forewarnings of he danger...
...thoroughly has ideology taken over that the possibility of reasonable change that comes from young people succeeding their elders is faint. This deep-seated ideology, combined with the perception on the part of whites that Black, majority rule would mean their peril, makes the odds for peaceful reform slim indeed...
...table, about six feet away. At her end, the cloth material under the glass top suddenly drops away to create the illusion that Bradley may plunge several feet if he does what his mother asks. At eight months, and again at ten months, Bradley ignored the illusion of peril and crawled across the table. Now he refuses to budge past the illusionary end of the table, not even when his mother holds out a toy as a lure. "We know that this response is not related to the experiences they've had," says Psychologist Nancy Rader...
...conditions, the Administration kept open its options on the future of covert operations in Nicaragua and impressed on Congress a fresh spirit of bipartisanship. "There is a new willingness to look at the problem together," said one State Department official. That may be because both sides face political peril. Republicans run the risk of being blamed for increased U.S. involvement in the murky politics of Central America, Democrats of being blamed for a rebel victory if they block aid to the Salvadoran government...
...ballots in two-thirds of the states. The law was designed to ensure that presidential candidates would seek support nationwide and come to office with broad backing. If Shagari or any other candidate fails to meet that requirement, the political horse trading could go on for months-at great peril to the country's hard-won stability...