Word: threatenings
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...1960s the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was hailed as "the conscience of the nation." Its systematic public exposure of segregation was crucial to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But today, petty political squabbles threaten to condemn the body to irrelevance...
...neither language nor culture, are clear for all to see. Yet, no one can deny that the Euro has been launched with political goals in mind, as well as, and perhaps instead, of economic ones. Those very same blue bills that seem so helpful to tourists may yet threaten the economic stability and political sovereignty of European states...
...been able to prove any Iraq link to the September 11 terror attacks, but it has lately begun to use Saddam's delinquency over weapons of mass destruction to beat the drums of war. "The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons," the President warned. Following his warning two weeks ago that if Iraq failed to readmit U.N. weapons inspectors, the U.S. would "deal with him at the appropriate time," the message was plain...
...Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he would push for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the heads of government meeting scheduled to take place in March. The E.U. gave Harare an ultimatum: accept foreign media and international monitors within a week, but it did not threaten sanctions. Zimbabwe has said it will only accept observers, not monitors...
...detainees in transit from Afghanistan. The military should be able to take reasonable actions to prevent the prisoners from hurting themselves or others. The decision to shackle the prisoners and conceal their faces so as to keep them from communicating was justified, given that several prisoners have continued to threaten to kill Americans...