Word: perils
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...some drawbacks: once a thatched roof begins to deteriorate, birds find their way in and drive aviphobes crazy with their chirping. Some roofs have mice, too. Says Lord Compton: "Unfortunately, I'm allergic to cats, so all I can do is put out traps." A more spectacular peril is the danger from fire: a thatched roof, once touched off, explodes in flames...
...some drawbacks: once a thatched roof begins to deteriorate, birds find their way in and drive aviphobes crazy with their chirping. Some roofs have mice, too. Says Lord Compton: "Unfortunately, I'm allergic to cats, so all I can do is put out traps." A more spectacular peril is the danger from fire: a thatched roof, once touched off, explodes in flames...
...NIXON VISIT. Chou told Sihanouk that "President Nixon made good propaganda for his re-election and good propaganda for China. China must do her best to make the conception of the 'yellow peril' fade away. One of the reasons why China opens her doors is to let the Americans see there is no peril...
...miners of Buffalo Creek Hollow, many of whose kin and neighbors now lie beneath the markers that dot the rolling hills of West Virginia. The people of Buffalo Creek say that they have known for years that the slag pile was dangerous. And yet, in the face of a peril so imminent, they continued to live in the threatened valley because it was the only life they knew...
...last charge seemed like a bit of a reach, but Nixon was clearly taking the offensive in order to avoid the peril of being cast as a kind of Scrooge -against day care, against helping working parents, even against children. The Democrats are sure to make a political issue of the veto; Mondale and other backers of the bill were already calling it the most significant social legislation to come out of the 92nd Congress...