Word: threatenings
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...sentimental tears. But when the party ends, Momma reminds the Roman Catholic celebrators that they have been "dancing on graves." Four days later, there will be a fresh grave to dig -- that of May, the autumn bride -- and the family will sink back into the regret and loss that threaten to smother three generations of Townes...
Declining exports could further hamper Americans' job prospects. While U.S. sales abroad last year provided most of what little strength the economy showed, slumps in Japan and Germany threaten to cut into that foreign business. Moreover, newly cautious Japanese companies seem reluctant to continue making job-creating investments in U.S. factories and real estate, and have already begun to withdraw from the Treasury markets that finance the U.S. deficit. "No more Japanese investors are coming in," observes Georgia State's Ratajczak, "and that's a problem...
Perhaps it was not "appropriate" for Noel to threaten to sue The Crimson. But then perhaps it was not "appropriate" for an author and a cartoonist to accuse him of anti-Semitism...
...forced to wonder if Ignatiev leads any sections or tutorials with the same attitude in mind. Does he threaten to sue his students for wasting his time and effort if they say something inappropriate or disagreeable...
...student says something that he finds insulting, does he threaten to whack them upside the head with a two-by-four to teach them the error of their ways...