Word: threatenings
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Exaggeration or not, this statement seems to confirm the worst fears of many of Germany's neighbors and quite a few Germans: that the unified Germany that was born at the stroke of midnight last night will produce a resurgence of German chauvinism and threaten the stable European order that has prevailed since the defeat of the Third Reich...
...recognize that in Saudi Arabia, it may be perfectly acceptable practice for public servants to bully, threaten or even attack private citizens who dare to question the ruling family's authority. Such is not the case here. If the Saudi prince wants to stay in Cambridge, he and his entourage must obey our laws. That means no assaults, and no threats...
...current regime is not stopped now, Iraq is likely to threaten full-scale biological, chemical and even nuclear warfare in the pursuit of its aggressive foreign policy objectives...
...danger is that A.N.C. supporters may ignite even more trouble in Natal, where local leaders had argued against suspending the armed struggle. That would invite De Klerk to charge the A.N.C. with violating the spirit of the Pretoria Minute, in which the A.N.C. cease-fire was announced, and threaten to put the peace process on hold. As an A.N.C. leader conceded last week, "There probably won't be real negotiations until the war is over in Natal." But with their compromise in Pretoria, both sides have probably gone too far now for either to turn back...
...spectacle of a few theater people conspiring to prevent an actor from plying his craft. With all the best intentions, they are doing Helms' proscriptive work for him and proving that you don't have to be a philistine to get the censor's itch; in the process they threaten to deprive many actors of good jobs and the American public of seeing the world's hottest show...