Word: threatens
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...seats in the Loeb have been moved backstage so that half of the audience sits at the bottom of the breath-taking canyon-like flyspace of the theater, and they are encouraged to move to different seats during the performance. At one point in the second act, the curtains threaten to tumble down and enclose the backstage audience completely, only to creep sheepishly and mischievously back up again. During the intermission, the cast meanders in and tears back the white sheets to reveal the insane maze-like set with everything from bathtubs, to free-standing fireplaces and rows of chandeliers...
...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...
...conservation and production of other more plentiful energy sources such as coal, the nation faces the constant risk of embargoes, increased unemployment and the jeopardization of U.S. sovereignty, Carter said. He added that "If we fail to act, we will soon face an economic, social, political crisis that will threaten our free institutions...
...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...
...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...