Word: threatener
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...escalating cost of higher education and the back-breaking burden of student loan debt threaten to make college unaffordable for working families...
...hard-liner's justification for enlargement is harsh: What better time to kick an opponent than when he's down? Russia is weak; the new Eastern and Central European democracies are fragile; Russia has the resources and, historically, the inclination to rise and threaten again. So now is the time to shelter those nervous fledglings of the former Soviet bloc so they can thrive under NATO's protective wing. As an added benefit, supervised membership may even ease regional hostilities that have destabilized Central Europe for generations. Then, if Russia keeps democratizing and ultimately proves to be no menace...
...verdict which ultimately came down to a question of abusing authority: Did Simpson use the sheer power that a drill instructor wields over trainees to intimidate them into having sex? The key ruling of the trial was that Simpson's position alone meant he did not have to physically threaten a female trainee for rape to occur. But threats may have been made: According to Army documents, he told a trainee, "If anyone finds out about me having sex with you, I'll kill you." Defense lawyers contended that women angling for preferential treatment willingly had sex with Simpson...
Time and again that has forced him to be pragmatic, to keep negotiations moving by retreating from his core ideology and making compromises with the Palestinians. But every time he does, his base supporters among Israel's hard-liners threaten to topple his coalition government, and Netanyahu has to come up with a countervailing move to pacify them...
Within the cycle of a single season, from winter pruning to fall harvest, Barich constructs a coherent world whose natural beauty can be coldly indifferent. Disease, obsolescence and bad timing threaten both man and grape. Arthur, the working stiff, confronts that fate with inconspicuous stoicism. Intellectual Anna is more expressive: "Everything on earth was frail and fleeting, destined to crumble," she reflects. "All you could cling to in the end were those loving particulars." Among them are Atwater's favorite lopping shears, which he uses to clear deadwood to make way for new growth. They are the unmistakable metaphor...