Word: threatfully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small nation-Lebanon-that stood in imminent danger of overthrow from subversion. Of itself, the show of strength rocked the Communists, who count on subversion to win the cold war, provoked Moscow's Khrushchev into a demand for a summit conference (see below) and titillated him into a threat of nuclear rocket retaliation. Moreover, it thrust on U.S. diplomats the urgent need to clarify U.S. aims and goals in the Middle East, where time was fast running...
...Across the Pacific, Red China, out to dominate Asia politically and economically, has declared open economic war on Japan, perfecting an art in which the Japanese themselves once excelled: dumping cheap goods onto Southeast Asian markets. The deep-running courses of these economic tides are analyzed in FOREIGN NEWS: Threat of Recession and Squeeze from Peking...
...down economy, are less sure that they can avert a deeper slide. Tough, restrictive policies in Britain saved the pound (Britain's reserves climbed last week to $3.1 billion, highest since 1950), but they held down inflationary pressure so much that Tory leaders must now worry about the threat from the opposite direction. Like the rest of Europe, the British have so far reaped the benefits of the 15-20% fall in world commodity prices since last year. But some raw-material exporters, their incomes slashed by falling prices, have now begun cutting their imports from Britain...
...fund was created in 1944, although inflation and rising world trade have cut in half the fund's effectiveness in keeping world currencies in balance. Although the fund squeaked through the currency crisis at the time of Suez, many fear that it is now facing a major new threat. So many underdeveloped countries are running out of foreign exchange, because of the drop in sales of raw materials, that economists fear world trade will be drastically curtailed, and many a nation plunged into depression. Britain is also strong for a bigger fund...
RENEGOTIATION is a threat to national security." With this flat accusation the defense contractors' National Security Industrial Association took dead aim at an old enemy entering the congressional battlefields once more: the highly controversial Renegotiation Act of 1951, which is before the House Ways and Means Committee for renewal this year. In its role as examiner-and judge-of thousands of defense contractors annually, the Government's Renegotiation Board since 1952 has ruled that the suppliers have made some $700 million in "excessive profits." In doing so, say businessmen, it has seriously hampered effective procurement and demoralized large...