Word: perils
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...Communism, but the West itself stood to gain more: a new clarity of common purpose. The atom bomb in Russian hands was something so ominously specific that it was almost certain to impel a brand of Western unity which otherwise might be years in the forging. Plain common peril might be translated into plain common courage. Moscow's atom-smashing made obsolete no major part of a political strategy that embraced the Atlantic pact, U.S. military aid to Europe, and restoration of Europe's economic health. The U.S. did not have to change what it was doing...
...against both the priest and his group." The Herald went on to say, "The Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office, which safeguards the faith and morals, had its decision approved by the Holy Father on July 28. The decision adjured the group to return to the Church at the peril of their souls...
...Republicans asked, Colorado's Eugene Millikin insisted, was to restrain those who thought the U.S. should be "the world's shmoo and who are always shaking themselves to pieces lest other countries have a bad opinion of us." The peril-point provision would simply allow Congress "to judge the extent to which our domestic producers have become the pawn of diplomacy...
...Veep's Prerogative. Democrats had their answers ready. The peril-point procedure, they said, would induce caution verging on stagnation in the Tariff Commission; how could anybody safely predict a peril point for years in the future? It was also an open invitation to every industry to bring terrific political pressures to bear on its behalf. "With the peril-point amendment," argued Majority Leader Scott Lucas, "we abandon our position as the economic leader in world affairs . . . We cannot say to the rest of the world: 'From now on the primary factor in our tariff system is protection...
...week's end, the Senate voted. On the peril-point amendment, the vote divided almost exactly on party lines; only three Democrats-Colorado's Ed Johnson, Wyoming's Joseph O'Mahoney, Oklahoma's Elmer Thomas-crossed over to support the solid front of 35 Republicans. It was not enough. The amendment was defeated...