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...full gravity of the war in the Middle East, with its dangerous possibility of enmeshing the superpowers, became all too apparent. However distant and as yet only indirectly involving the U.S., the war between Israel and its Arab neighbors could hold greater peril for Americans 14 than The School for Scandal drama unreeling in Washington. Public reaction to the fighting was more solemn and subdued-and notably less partisan-than during the quick Israeli triumph of 1967, when even the most disinterested observer had to admire that small country's masterful military effort. This time fear and reluctance about...
...special committee he appointed in 1972 produced a bizarre report which highlighted numerous environmental problems, including some that opponents of the project had not recognized. It noted projected damage to fish populations, possible peril to public safety from a proposed dam, and the chance of damage to the Catskill Aqueduct, which supplies 40 per cent of New York City's water. It noted that the economic feasibility of the project depends on the questionable construction of two other power plants currently stalled in legal action. Without these facilities serious increases in air pollution could occur. The committee acknowledged that action...
Each summer and fall, the severe tropical storms known as hurricanes become a major meteorological peril for inhabitants of the Eastern and Gulf Coast states. In 1970 the winds, rains and floods of Hurricane Celia killed eleven and caused some $454 million in damage in Texas alone. Two years later, Hurricane Agnes brought even greater devastation, killing 118 people and leaving over $3 billion in damage. In a continuing effort to prevent−or at least minimize−such disasters, the Federal Government has been sponsoring Project Stormfury, which was designed to study the formation of the complex storms...
Despite President Nixon's plea that the nation turn to other matters, it will take months and even years for the many grand jury probes, congressional inquiries, civil suits, trials and court hearings involving Watergate and other scandals to run their course. All offer many points of peril for the President. The most likely calendar of coming events...
...about the adaptability of democratic institutions through a whole range of challenges. Our experience refutes the common theme in developing countries that in danger and crisis you have to sacrifice democracy and establish more totalitarian forms of government. We have shown that there is almost no danger, condition or peril to which a democratic structure cannot be responsive...