Word: threats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...production. The walkout spread as far as the coalpits in Vorkuta in the far north and Karaganda in the Kazakhstan Republic in Central Asia. And there were rumblings that railroad workers might join in on Aug. 1, an action that could paralyze the country. "Such developments create a threat to the realization of the great plans we have decided upon," warned Gorbachev, referring to his economic-reform program...
...softness ((in the economy)) conceivably could accumulate and deepen, resulting in a substantial downturn in activity." Yet the statement came from Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who went public with a surprisingly frank assessment last week that, at least for the moment, a recession has replaced inflation as the leading threat to the U.S. economy. In his midyear report to Congress, Greenspan confirmed that since early June, the Fed had been allowing interest rates to fall in an attempt to prevent the sluggishness from becoming too pronounced. Said he: "What we seek to avoid is an unnecessary and destructive recession...
...murderer." Students and faculty at Gonzaga, who describe Stevens as quiet and studious, were stunned by the allegations that he may have lived a secret life. Chris Bales, a former Gonzaga law professor who taught Stevens criminal law, characterized him as a "gentle fugitive" who posed no threat to society when he was arrested last winter. Stevens had worked in Gonzaga's law clinic, helping low-income clients...
...even at the moment of its apparent success, the technologically revolutionary bomber faced a threat to its existence, not from hostile radar and missiles but from a newly skeptical Congress that has become increasingly alarmed over the plane's horrendous cost. By the Air Force's own calculations, each of the 132 B-2s it wants will cost more than $530 million, a total of $70.2 billion over the next decade. Already $23 billion has been spent on research and development. How, Congressmen wonder, can the most expensive weapons system ever built be reconciled with a shrinking defense budget...
...been based. Welch contends that bombers are regarded by both the U.S. and the Soviets as "the most stabilizing element of the triad." Unlike missiles that can strike in 30 minutes or less, bombers need hours to reach their targets and hence do not represent a first-strike threat against the Soviets. Moreover, because they can take off and fly to safety when threatened, they can survive a Soviet attack...