Word: threatened
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Though our goals for the retreat and future efforts to build a coalition are primarily centered on making change at Harvard, our intentions stretch far beyond campus activism. It is quite often that our experience as students in one of the most privileged environments in the world threatens to suffocate our knowledge of the world around us. One need not look far to see the realities of a world that is colored by segregation, actively expanding the prison and military industries as freedom and justice become less and less of a concern. Repression and violence against poor people, women...
...They never said there was an imminent threat. Rather, they painted an objective assessment ... of a brutal dictator who was continuing his efforts to deceive and build programs that might constantly surprise us and threaten our interests." GEORGE TENET, CIA Director, defending his agency, following criticism that it overstated the threat from weapons of mass destruction before the war in Iraq...
...really likes movies and I really like movies, so that’s definitely a good thing. And I like the Lord of the Rings, not as compulsively as she likes it, but that’s okay.” Orlando Bloom does not threaten Kauble’s masculinity. “I think I measure up well with [Bloom]. Sean Connery outdoes me, but Orlando—he’s nothing. Little...
...monitor the regime’s weapons program last year, for instance. The United States should also use diplomatic channels to encourage the European community to exploit the economic leverage it has over Iran. European countries such as France, Germany and even Russia have a lot more they can threaten to take away from Iran if the theocrats continue to stifle the democratic movement. Indeed, Russia has assisted in the construction of a nuclear reactor in northern Iran; the prospect of losing that help just might get the Guardian Council’s attention...
...problem is not that Kerry voted for a war that most Americans still say they support. The problem is what he said about his reasoning when the vote became toxic among the Democratic faithful. Under pressure to explain, he declared during his announcement speech, "I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations." Threaten? Even at the time, it was clear the resolution was more than an invitation to rattle a sword. "Everyone knew what was going on," says a senior Democratic Senate aide. "People understood we were giving...