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...pipe route. While the Alaskan line would cross four active earthquake zones-posing the danger of breaks and consequent ecological damage-Canada's pipeline would follow the relatively flat MacKenzie River valley along most of its 1,700-mile route. Moreover, the Canada pipe would obviously avoid the peril of foundering tankers spilling their cargoes off the Pacific coast or in the navigationally tricky Puget Sound area...
Prison Spells Peril...
...Government interference with socially harmless private conduct is repugnant to our tradition of personal liberty and has led to dubious police practices which a democratic nation permits at its peril...
...none too soon, for by Nixon's own measure the premier problem of unemployment has reached the peril point. Because unemployment rates ranged over 5% in the Democratic years of 1961 through 1964, Nixon regards that as "the critical number." During his televised "conversation" last week with four TV journalists, which he handled advantageously (see THE PRESS), Nixon carefully stayed within his own defensive perimeter by observing that the average unemployment for 1970 was "approximately 4.9%"-a figure that he conceded was "too high." In fact, the monthly figure has already gone considerably higher: the Labor Department announced last...
...world is full of dangerous dragons, believe that they have been spared only because of their protector, whom they lovingly call Dra-Dra. Because of constant brainwashing, the people refuse to admit that Dra-Dra is actually a dragon himself. Playing on their fears, Dra-Dra magnifies the outside peril and thrives on sycophantic praise. A psalm to Dra-Dra consists of the word ja (yes) intoned 36 times...