Word: threats
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...interpreted as a right of intervention of the United States in the internal affairs of Panama." On the other hand, the statement also appeared to deal squarely with the Senate's principal concerns. It said flatly that both the U.S. and Panama would "defend the canal against any threat" to its neutrality or to "the peaceful transit of vessels through the canal." In addition, the statement affirmed that U.S. and Panamanian warships not only would use the canal "with expedited treatment" at all times but would also be allowed to "go to the head of the line" of vessels...
...insurance in old age. India's new government, for example, has abandoned coercive birth control procedures, even though the country, with a population of 635 million, is growing by a million new people per month. The U.S. National Security Council has said that runaway population growth is "a threat to our national security. " Nonetheless, some analysts see cause for hope-if action is taken in time. Among them is World Bank President Robert S. McNamara, who examined the status of the Malthusian threat and what can be done about it in a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...modern problem is the split between physicians' desires to practice the best medicine and their fears of malpractice suits--"We are a litigatious nations," Ebert said. He added that physicians, seeking to avoid litigation, often practice "defensive medicine" by ordering more tests than they would without the ever-present threat of suits...
Thus far the schism is loud but small: the larger parishes are remaining loyal. But there is potential for dramatic skirmishes in the next year or two, especially if courts rule that departing parishes can retain their property. As if to remind the bishops of the threat, a parish in nearby West Palm Beach became the 18th to quit the denomination. It will join the emerging "Anglican Church of North America," which was proclaimed last month at an emotional rally of 1,750 traditionalists in St. Louis. Besides women priests, the group protests modernization of the church's liturgy...
Brown, despite two early-season losses to Yale and Penn, is still a threat to be reckoned with. The Bruins handled Cornell with less difficulty than Harvard had the weekend before, rolling up 357 yards in total offense and turning a close (7-3) halftime score into an easy triumph. Brown q.b. Mark Whipple rushed for 75 yards, passed for 85, and scored two touchdowns...