Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...miss the endless arguments that threaten to push you beyond the brink of reason until, at moments, you find a spark of understanding between seemingly irreconcilable opposites. You miss the almost palpable effort, both painful and exhilarating, that is often required to resist anger or despair. You miss a sense of being where the action is, where the decisions happen. You miss, finally, the balance that must be struck anew each day between All Is Lost and Everything Is Possible...
...years ago the Houses stopped requiring coats and ties in the dining rooms. Said John Marquand, senior tutor in Dudley House, "Before they got rid of coats and ties in the Houses I threatened to wear a sweatsuit to dinner in order to test the rule. I'm glad the Faculty Club is challenging it-or I might have had to threaten the same thing again...
Shaky Capital. This time the prospective failure was large enough to threaten not only investors but much of the securities business. The firm about to go under was Goodbody & Co., whose 250,000 customer accounts make it the fifth biggest brokerage in the nation. The collapse of a company so huge seemed likely to frighten investors into withdrawing stock and cash from many other firms, triggering a panic...
Under guidelines issued by Columbia's new president William J. McGill, the YSCC was denied the office space it would have been entitled to as an undergraduate organization because its political activities might threaten Columbia's tax exemption. The YSCC has filed suit against the IRS for infringement of its rights...
...Lengthy legal proceedings have caused confusion and insecurity among many tenants, and threaten to disrupt the lives of many Putnam Square merchants and residents...