Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What surprised Reston most was Chou's deep anxiety over a revival of Japanese militarism that would threaten both Korea and Taiwan. "You are really worried about Japan, aren't you?" Reston asked. Chou was also concerned about the massing of Soviet military might on China's northern border, but added: "We Chinese are not afraid of atom bombs. We are prepared. The great majority of our big and medium cities now have underground tunnels." Chou claimed the Russians "want to lasso us" into a test-ban conference of nuclear powers only, while China hopes...
...early years as Pentagon chief landed him in deep trouble later. He wanted to escape from the Eisenhower era's reliance on massive retaliation, so he pursued what was then considered a liberal course. He prepared for conventional war to combat Communism wherever it appeared to threaten American interests. Yet he helped lead the nation into a war of unforeseen magnitude. His business acumen enabled him to gain control of the sprawling Defense establishment. Yet he was so infatuated with statistics that he was long blinded to the human factors in the Viet Nam conflict. It was a puzzling...
Each year New Jersey beaches are swept by a "red tide" of tiny organisms that redden the sea, give swimmers rashes and threaten the shore area's ecology and economy. Health officials trace this phenomenon to the "dead sea" outside New York Harbor, a region devoid of marine life where barges routinely dump the city's garbage and sludge (treated sewage). To worsen matters. New Jersey itself dumps sludge offshore, and so does Pennsylvania...
...because the Soviets had relaxed their positions. Does this mean that the Kremlin is genuinely seeking better relations with the West? Certainly the Russians have enough reasons to do so. With the recent slight thaw in Sino-American relations, Moscow is worried anew that a Washington-Peking rapprochement may threaten its interests; force reductions in Europe would allow the Soviets to move more troops to the Chinese border. Another factor, which Brezhnev stressed to visiting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau two weeks ago, is the economic drain of maintaining massive forces in Eastern Europe. Perhaps the most compelling reason...
Environmental Recession. Round 3 in the fight could well make ecology an issue in international trade. The U.S. obviously has an interest in a clean environment in other countries simply because air and water pollution do not recognize international boundaries, and thus threaten progress made at home. Beyond that, businessmen legitimately complain that their products, already at a disadvantage on the international market because of high domestic costs, will become even more expensive as a result of the new pollution controls. The U.S. could start to exert pressure on other industrial nations to set stricter standards for their own automakers...