Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rambling, off-the-cuff Eisenhower ambiguity left unclear just what Ike would do if a demand for higher steel wages resulted in higher steel prices-or, for that matter, in a prolonged strike. But seldom had the ambiguity served to better advantage: for without the thunder of a threat or the balm of a promise, the Manhattan negotiators began to feel the gaze of 175 million pairs of eyes...
...cheers in the Assembly. Congress Party President Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, was tougher. Speaking in Kerala, the only Red-ruled state in India, she flatly declared that "Communism and democracy are incompatible-they are opposite." For the first time, there is widespread discussion of the threat posed to India by the armed might of Red China, and one Bombay weekly deplored the fact that "the portfolio of Defense is in the hands of a Cabinet minister [Krishna Menon] known for his leanings toward Communism." Indians who have long scoffed at what they called the West's "preoccupation...
...Crimson will depart for New Haven tonight, and early tomorrow afternoon they will be the underdogs as they face one of the strongest Bulldog squads in history. On paper, Yale must be given the edge, but the varsity is a definite threat to end the Bulldogs' hopes for an undefeated season...
...alumnae of the College are concerned over any threat to Radcliffe's independence, Jordan also pointed out. Most alumnae harbor a "fierce loyalty to this symbol that is Radcliffe," he asserted, and would regret any infringement on the status of their alma mater...
...drama, as so many know by now, takes place in a garret above an Amsterdam spice factory, where a group of Jewish refugees live in secret, under constant threat of discovery by the Nazis. Stevens' attempts to escape his spatial limitations, through open window spots and photographic tricks, are, on the whole, successful...