Word: threatenings
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...problem with Dean Fox's plan, however, goes beyond the inconvenience it will cause upperclassmen. Such a dining policy will also threaten the House system itself. Upperclassmen will no longer be able to enjoy the "morning-style" amiability and conviviality of their own dining hall; instead, they will be eating in an environment that is best approximated by the Freshman Union...
...record, Jimmy Carter is a free-trader. He is also committed to reducing U.S. unemployment, and growing imports threaten jobs. How to reconcile these conflicting responsibilities is one of his most acute dilemmas. So far he has leaned to free trade. By refusing to impose a higher tariff or fixed quotas on imported footwear, he relieved many U.S. friends abroad. "A victory for us and the American consumer," exulted Niveo Friedrich, head of a Brazilian shoe manufacturers' association. Though the President's decision is likely to stick, he can be overridden by Congress, where protectionist pressures are traditionally...
...issue is as much financial as legal. A proliferation of Betamaxes, argues Joseph Davies, one of Universal's lawyers, "will threaten the rerun and replay market of films on TV." In other words, if hordes of Betamax owners tape Universal's American Graffiti the first time it is shown on TV, MCA might not get the price it wants for the film the second time around. Similarly, if many viewers tape their favorite Baretta segments, the show could be worth less when it is sold to syndicators. Home video-tape systems, in short, have the potential of revolutionizing...
...chemical imbalance, family therapists tend to believe that schizophrenia is not a disease but a desperate strategy adopted by a family in trouble. According to this view, the family's complex web of emotional transactions is like a cybernetic, or automatically controlled system. Sometimes, when internal pressures threaten to blow the family apart, one member-usually a son or daughter-either knowingly or unknowingly agrees to become mentally ill. In a number of complex ways, this tactic holds the family together. But the child pays a big price. Says Murray Bowen, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown...
...rules already written into law are unrealistic. Increased auto efficiency is highly desirable. But, if the U.S. auto industry is forced to meet the 1985 standard of 27.5 m.p.g., it will be subjected to debilitating competition from foreign carmakers, who are far more experienced at making small autos, and threaten a loss of jobs. A better idea: to rely on stiff taxes on big cars. In Europe, that approach, plus high gasoline prices, prompts most buyers to choose gas-miserly small cars, while allowing manufacturers to turn out large, flashy autos for motorists who want and can afford them...