Word: threatener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worried that Iraq's Kurds would form an independent nation and incite Turkey's own 10 million Kurds to rebellion. But the larger fear was an extension of Tehran's influence via the establishment of an Islamic fundamentalist state carved from southern Iraq. That entity, bordering Kuwait, would threaten all the gulf emirates and the oil-rich eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Which is why, as Cheney says, leaving Saddam in Iraq is "messy" but removing him might be "worse...
...Bossert Threaten Police...
...same time, while we need to keep Coles's insight and wisdom at Harvard, the University shouldn't make public service a priority simply for his benefit. Indeed, Harvard should observe extreme caution in this situation; giving Coles a huge program could spur other important professors to threaten to leave...
...there wasn't enough time left for the Crimson to seriously threaten an equalizer, leaving Harvard to wonder what might have been and what is left to salvage from a season already turned sour...
NIXON: "If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world...