Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ford local by deferring to the rationalizations of a strong-arm Service Department. Even teachers, when they have emerged from the academic dust, can be tolerant. Note the abrupt action of the conservative leadership of the American Federation of Teachers when three progressive locals had become strong enough to threaten its domination. Assuming the prevalence of the "professional disease," there is but one logical course--to cure, or at least remedy, the ailment...
...rear, and complete its encirclement (see map). Even more dangerous to Russian hopes was his capture of Kremenchug, 160 miles to Kiev's southeast. From there he could launch a north eastward drive on 150-mile-distant Kharkov, the Ukraine's big railroad junction and industrial center, threaten the Donets coal basin. Unconfirmed were reports that the Germans had also reached Perekop at the top of the Crimean Peninsula...
...They believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments...
...people honestly believe that the Axis is now, or will in the future, be in a position to threaten the independence of any part of this Hemisphere if our defenses are properly prepared...
Watching to see whether the Japanese would go north or south, or both, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said: "Any action that would threaten the integrity or independence of Thailand would be a matter of concern to this country, particularly as a threat to the security of Singapore. I hope these words will be heeded...