Word: threatened
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convention was giving birth to a trio of party leaders rather than the usual ticket of two. For the moment, Jackson stood ready to submerge his agenda for that of the party. But the three's-a-crowd awkwardness revealed fissures along racial and ideological lines that could someday threaten the foundations of the Democratic Party...
With the Islamic Republic' s troops stunned by a string of battlefield defeats, the frail Ayatullah Khomeini grudgingly submits to "God' s will." -- Would peace between Iran and Iraq send oil prices skyward once again? -- Contra hard- liners threaten new battles in Nicaragua. -- An album of stark photographs from Ethiopia' s rebellious and famine- plagued province of Eritrea...
Militant rhetoric aside, many analysts concluded that immediate retaliation against the U.S. was unlikely. For one thing, the Iranians appear to lack the military capability to strike an effective blow at U.S. forces in the region. Though the Revolutionary Guards' Boghammar speedboats continue to threaten neutral shipping in the crowded gulf, any attempt to confront U.S. warships patrolling in the area would be suicidal. And sponsorship of new terrorist bombings or kidnapings would only turn international public opinion against Iran, taking much of the onus...
...Algiers declaration was quickly disavowed by five hard-line Palestinian groups opposed to any compromise with Israel. One faction called it "high treason," while another demanded that Abu Sharif be brought to trial. Terrorist Abu Nidal's organization issued a warning that seemed to threaten Abu Sharif's life...
Although the turmoil is neither anti-Soviet nor anti-Communist, it could threaten Gorbachev's position if it remains unresolved. "What is happening around Nagorno-Karabakh is a blow to perestroika, possibly the most serious blow in recent times," warned the youth newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. "This is a challenge to the ideals of glasnost, a chance for conservatives to strengthen their point of view...