Word: threatens
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Before putting earthquake controls into practice, seismologists are striving to perfect their predicting techniques. They are making progress. In June, Menlo Park scientists correctly assured worried county officials that a "swarm" of hundreds of small tremors near San Francisco would not threaten the city. The Japanese have made successful forecasts days and weeks in advance. One measure of their accuracy was the unhappiness caused among members of the hotel and sightseeing industries at Matsushiro in 1967, when seismologists accurately predicted that a small swarm would be followed by a series of larger tremors. Such predictions, the merchants complained, were...
Despite the federal statute providing tough sanctions for those who threaten the President's person, more and more people seem to do it. From 2,400 reported threats in 1965, the number rose to 12,800 last year; in 1970, it will probably reach 15,000. Now Secret Service agents have another reason to be nervous. A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, divided two to one, has narrowed the grounds for conviction. The majority opinion, written by Judge J. Braxton Craven Jr., held that a threat to the President could lead to a verdict...
...Democratic-controlled legislature passed the bill, but not before attaching amendments that threaten to wreck the Republican Governor's plan. One amendment extends the compulsory 15% rate cut to all sectors of auto insurance, including collision, fire and theft, without any change in the coverage to justify the reduction. Another forces insurers, with few exceptions, to guarantee lifetime renewal of liability policies. Says Sargent's legislative assistant, Christopher Armstrong: "I can be convicted of manslaughter, be caught speeding ten times in one year, get in seven serious accidents resulting in claims of $125,000, and the company still...
...spirit of conciliation that they will not wish to endanger their good and profitable relations with Russia by flirting with China. In Peking, the Chinese appear fearful that the Soviet success in sealing the status quo in Europe will give Russia a free hand in the East to threaten China and undermine Chinese influence in Asia...
Washington hopes to rely on persuasion, but if that fails, the U.S. might theoretically resort to pressure. One means would be to threaten a cutback in military aid, including replacements for lost Israeli Phantom jets. Another would be to hold down on economic aid, though it is now running at only $55 million a year. A third, highly risky in a U.S. election year, would be a threat to tax the heavy contributions sent to Israel by the U.S. Jewish community (1969 estimate: $250 million). Such moves would drive a wedge between Israel and the U.S., its firmest ally...