Word: threatener
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach while behind it a towering wall of sea waves threaten to obliterate it. That singularly haunting image is at the core of Jane Campion's new film "The Piano." The hoary proverb which states that a picture is worth a thousand words could not be more appropriate. The value of silence, of nonverbal communication, is essential to the theme of Campion's film, which depicts a world in which images and music count as much as words...
...Muslims followed the Serbs' lead, and deep-sixed the latest proposal for peace in former Yugoslavia. Since the Bosnian Serbs are being held responsible for defeating the peace plan in the first place, it's up to the West to decide how to punish them--and all the options threaten to lead to another round of bloody fighting in the region. "The West is now backed into a corner, and it has to act," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief James Graff. In another ominous sign, U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry was forced to cancel plans to visit Sarajevo after...
...successful parts of Clinton's tour were largely a matter of images. Which have their uses: it is not bad for the President to remind himself, and his domestic and international audiences, that there are important areas such as Eastern Europe where no crises threaten, and others such as economic performance where the nation is doing very well. If only it weren't for Haiti. And North Korea. And the congressional snarl over health care...
...changed status could eventually put it in danger once again. In fact, the practical impact will be minimal; it will still be illegal to hunt or disturb eagles or their eggs. At most, it may be slightly easier to encroach upon the places where they live. Activities that threaten their habitats -- logging, for example, or other development -- will still be subject to review, though the process will probably be less stringent and enforcement less aggressive. Says Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club: "The signal is that there can be more flexibility now, not that it's open season...
...Green Revolution falters, ecosystems are badly degraded and fresh-water supplies continue to shrink. It is open to question whether the world can feed the 3 billion to 5 billion mouths that will be added during the next 50 years.Refugees produced by population pressures in Africa and Asia already threaten to destabilize nations...