Word: imperiled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disappointingly little by the time a young wage earner gets around to harvesting his share at age 65. "The social security system," warned the council, "has created for millions of Americans expectations regarding their future place in economic society. The defeat of beneficiaries' expectations through inflation would gravely imperil the stability of our social, political and economic institutions...
...concerned, you are entitled to think what you like, however foul your thoughts; to feel what you like, however brutal and debased your emotions; to say what you like, provided you do not infringe the rights of others or imperil the Queen's peace...
...jungle. He drove his men mercilessly, refused to be stopped by mounting casualties or dwindling food supplies, seemed determined never to be conquered. Then one day he simply wandered away, stripped off his uniform and headed for the police. Fearing that the news of his surrender might somehow imperil their efforts to persuade other terrorists to give up, government officials kept it a secret. Only last week, on the eve of Malaya's first anniversary of independence, did they let the story...
...Wilson has long promised to take newsmen on a chaperoned tour of the test center, about the only outsiders who have been allowed inside the gate have been local politicians. However, the Air Force has not yet restricted picture taking from the nearby public beaches; nor do news pictures imperil security, since the most vital secrets of a missile are locked in its guidance box, deep in the bird's skin...
...Warren's opinion, held: "We do not now conceive of any circumstance wherein a state interest would justify infringement of rights in these fields." Wrote Warren in a 300-word aside on academic freedom: to "impose any straitjacket upon the intellectual leaders in our colleges and universities would imperil the future of our nation...