Word: threatened
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WILDLIFE Seals rest and give birth on sea ice; polar bears use it to stalk seals. Loss of ice will threaten both. On land, disruption of nesting areas could reduce populations of some migratory birds by as much as 50% by the year...
...opulent and voluptuous and beautiful. That's what's cinematic about the musical." The dazzling set (in Schumacher's opening, a dusty, monochrome opera house is restored to its glistening prime by a tidal wave of color) and the driving Lloyd Webber score threaten to steal the show away from its stars. Rossum is a virginal, thin-voiced Christine, and Butler, despite a silky falsetto, hasn't got the range or kick for the big sing. There's a climactic moment on the opera house's snowy roof after the Phantom has eavesdropped on Christine and Raoul. He rages...
This year, however, a set of new regulations threaten to stifle The Game—not the football competition between Harvard and Yale, but the tailgate that has often defined the day for students...
...Palestinian government, with Israeli and American support, should also move toward greater democratic freedoms and transparency, increased execution of the rule of law and an improved, responsive security apparatus that will crack down on militant groups that threaten the peace process. The Palestinians, who have long chafed under the twin pressures of Israeli occupation and the corrupt Palestinian Authority, now deserve a new deal from both Israel and their own leaders to secure a peaceful and prosperous future in a state of their...
That would be the last time until the game was well out of hand that Penn would threaten the Crimson endzone. Both Walker and McDermott—who entered the game briefly to begin the third quarter—failed to move the ball effectively following that first drive...