Word: threatened
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...memos with forged Board of Elections letterhead have been sent to some voters informing them that if they registered through Democratic and NAACP drives, they would be ineligible to vote. In South Carolina, election officials have warned voters to ignore fake letters purporting to be from the NAACP that threaten voters with arrest for outstanding parking tickets or for failing to pay child support...
Already the standard bearer for single-season performances—his 14 rushing touchdowns and 15 total scores through six games give him one more in each category than Chris Menick ’00 managed in 1997—Dawson will also threaten a pair of career marks before the year is out, though he is just a sophomore. Harvard’s career touchdown mark—29, held by Mike Giardi ’94—will fall after four more Dawson trips to paydirt, paving the way for the demolition of a record that...
...southern I-93 corridor—just an hour’s commute from the Hub—are luring hordes of ex-Massachusetts residents attracted by the Granite State’s zero percent income tax rate and low housing prices. The demographic shift could threaten the Republican Party’s longtime record of dominance in New Hampshire...
...what’s happening in Sudan—as in some other parts of the world—is by all accounts awful.” But he said that “it’s not genocide, and it doesn’t threaten continental, or much less intercontinental, warfare...
This elicited a Mount St. Helens protest from Democrats. "It is completely inappropriate and dangerous," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, "for the Vice President to in effect threaten the American people, to be part of instilling fear into our country." John Edwards declared that "Dick Cheney's scare tactics crossed the line" because "protecting America from vicious terrorists" is not a partisan issue...