Word: threatener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sayed of Texas A& M University discovered two years ago at Palmer Station, a U.S. base on the Antarctic Peninsula, that high levels of ultraviolet damage the chlorophyll pigment vital for photosynthesis in phytoplankton, slowing the marine plants' growth rate by as much as 30%. That, in turn, could threaten krill, shrimplike creatures that feed on phytoplankton and are a key link in Antarctica's food chain. Says El-Sayed: "Fish, whales, penguins and winged birds all depend very heavily on krill. If anything happened to the krill population, the whole system would collapse...
Alex: That's correct. The Crimson had recovered from a 10-point deficit to threaten the Big Green cushion in the waning moments of the game. But unlike Patrick Ewing and his friends, or Randall Cunningham and his cohorts, Coach Roby and his crew could not quite finish the effort...
...Harvard does not weigh in as a heavy," says State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge). "It never tries to threaten passage of major legislation...
...says Barrett, Harvard is not one to issue ultimatums--in part because it does not have the same kind of leverage that for-profit institutions of comparable size possess. Other large corporations, Barrett says, may threaten to pack up and leave the area--taking valuable jobs and tax dollars with them--if their demands aren't met. Harvard does not have that option...
Bush's only idea for the future is to save face. This policy may lack vision and courage, but it doesn't threaten future elections...