Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...agricultural problem is the major structural weakness of the USSR today, the study concludes. Peansants cling to their Jand, while leaders threaten to remove it in order to make Communist theory closer to Soviet practices...
Thus far, the H-bomb is the only real deterrent. Britain therefore must have H-bombs of its own. "Unless we make a contribution," Sir Winston rumbled, "we cannot be sure that the targets which would threaten us most [e.g., Soviet missile installations, submarine bases], would be given what we consider the necessary priority in the first few hours...
Localized to an industrial area of the U.S., the AEC's estimates would mean that a Bikini-sized H-bomb dropped on Cleveland with the wind northwest could level the city, threaten the life of everyone in Pittsburgh, and spread lethal ash across a strip of West Virginia, into Virginia and Maryland (see map). If the wind were stronger than it was at the time of the Bikini test, the fatal fallout from a Cleveland bomb could reach all the way to Washington...
Lacking Yale's depth in the field events, the Crimson, despite Coach Bill McCurdy's pessimism, should defeat Princeton for second place, and with a little luck, might threaten the Elis...
Obscurity & Comeback. After victory, to make sure that the army could not threaten the regime, Stalin shook up the command, and banished Hero Zhukov to Odessa and the Urals. Never again in Stalin's lifetime did Russia's top soldier hold a top command. But with Stalin's death, Zhukov came marching home. An uncertain new regime, needing the support of the Red army marshals, made him a Deputy Minister of Defense. After Beria's arrest, Zhukov took his seat on the Communist Central Committee. In last week's shuffle, Zhukov at last reached...