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Word: threatener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatness? Do we now think that spraying bullets in a place like Panama makes you a superpower? Bush has been criticized for spending much of last week inspecting the troops, yesterday's pastime, when he should have been concocting a "new vision," but lack of vision doesn't threaten America's greatness. What does is a simple unwillingness to make the effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: We Gave at the Office | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir promised in a phone call that they would not allow the attack to threaten Israeli-Egyptian relations. But it could strengthen the hand of Israeli hard- liners at this week's crucial meeting of the Likud bloc's Central Committee. Industry and Trade Minister Ariel Sharon says the bus tragedy is proof that the Arabs want blood, not peace. He plans to load more amendments onto Shamir's already heavily encumbered plan for Palestinian elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Tenth Victim | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...against the Big Red, Crimson Coach Joe Bernal also moved his swimmers around in an attempt to qualify them in several events. A weaker Cornell team was still unable to threaten Harvard's bid for a fifth win. Tom Peterson was a double winner in unfamiliar events, capturing both the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley...

Author: By Henry Hudepohl, | Title: Aquamen, Aquawomen Sweep Big Red | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...considered the firmest leg of the nuclear triad, offsetting any vulnerability of the land-based ICBMs and the huge cost of ever more sophisticated bombers. Even William Webster, the CIA's cautious director, has said that the Soviet Union will be "unable, at least in this decade, to threaten U.S. subs in the open ocean." But no new Tridents are necessary for the remainder of the '90s, and the U.S. should immediately kill the rest of the procurement program. Saving: $1.4 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Is Too Much? | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

Rising global interest rates spook Wall Street and threaten the U.S. economy. -- Video fans rush to build home theaters. -- Moscow faces a Big Mak attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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