Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present threat is of greater danger to the peace of Washington. Sir Esme Howard himself has voluntarily offered to set up a zone of local prohibition in the British embassy. And of course such an example of good-will from one power might necessitate similar action by others in order to maintain a proper diplomatic balance. What wonder that foreign capitals must be consulted...
...weeks ago a well-dressed young man walked briskly up the White House Steps, nodded amiably to the guards, pressed through the front door and strolled unchallenged into the dining room where President Hoover was alone. There he dropped his fine manner, began to talk rapidly, wildly. Realizing his danger before this stranger, the President conversed courteously with him, humored him, until a guard entered to lead the intruder away. A mighty shake-up occurred among the President's bodyguards...
...Tunnels underground so that passengers could cross the field without danger of being run down...
...Number One? [looking at Mr. Baldwin] Yes, he's here. He is in great danger. They want to know if he is carrying a gun ? they say it is the most astounding case the Yard has ever had and had to call me in to help them...
This purely practical reason has prompted Harvard to remain apart from athletic leagues among the colleges. There may be, it is true, some danger that the necessary activities of the governing body of any such league might come into disturbing contact with the policy of a single college. Where the intra-university program is especially extensive, as at Harvard, the obligation of conforming to the rules of an external organization might be an unfortunate...