Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Aristide's activism has also put him in mortal danger. Since 1986, there have been numerous attempts on his life. The danger was evident three weeks ago, when a grenade killed eight people at a rally outside Port-au-Prince. Aristide's uncanny ability to survive such attacks has led some Haitians to believe he is protected by magical and religious powers...
...deepest questions raised by Shevardnadze's resignation, internationally as well as internally, are: Is the Soviet Union really in danger of renewed dictatorship? And if it is, does the Foreign Minister's resignation make the peril greater or less...
...America's epoch is to last, the underlying character of American culture must remain true to itself as it is pulled toward a common global denominator by its entertainment engine. But danger signals are already present: too few movies characterized by nuance, or even good old American nuttiness; more and more disco-dance epics, sickly sweet romances and shoot-'em-up, cut-'em-up, blow-'em-up Schwarzenegger characters; rock 'n' roll that never gets beyond heavy breathing and head banging; blockbuster books that read like T shirts. The combination of the foreign marketplace and a young domestic audience nourished...
...fixed on mute. We had to beware of everything we did. In an empty building, something as simple as dropped silverware makes a racket. To cut noise I took showers at 3 o'clock in the morning. Even our cooking smells in outside hallways became a danger signal...
...great, of course. Now the Kuwaitis are the ones in danger. I know them well. I'd been there three years teaching dentistry. The Kuwaitis are imperious. They exploit people. They're spoiled with wealth. One is certainly entitled to ask why soldiers should fight and die for them. But no people deserve this kind of horror. Last week we heard that Kuwaiti doctors, some of them friends of mine, were systematically being shipped to Iraq. I don't think they'll ever be seen again...