The first was that America had become -- or was in danger of becoming -- a second-rate military power.

However, at first, along with everyone else, the danger the town faces seems unreal to him.

A first exception to this rule arose in an 1852 case by New York's highest court, Thomas v. Winchester, which held that mislabeling a poison as an innocuous herb, and then selling the mislabeled poison through a dealer who would be expected to resell it, put " human life in imminent danger.

The house was first broken into only three days after we moved in … The feeling was so close to extreme danger, and the fear was so intense.

After an initial six-month review process, William Ruckelshaus, the Agency's first Administrator rejected an immediate suspension of DDT's registration, citing studies from the EPA's internal staff stating that DDT was not an imminent danger to human health and wildlife.

Rather than cover the danger area, the approach is to change the shape of the door so that an accessible gap does not form in the first place.

At first, the danger to a battle fleet was considered only to exist when at anchor, but as faster and longer range torpedoes were developed, the threat extended to cruising at sea.

She is the first to suspect the danger surrounding the cabin and the first to be possessed.

During the first weeks after their arrest they pursued a threefold strategy: they would admit to minor crimes, prove Oxford a liar by his offers of money to testify to his accusations, and demonstrate that their accuser posed the real danger to the Crown.

The Roman Catholic Church considers baptism, even for an infant, so important that " parents are obliged to see that their infants are baptised within the first few weeks " and, " if the infant is in danger of death, it is to be baptised without any delay.

William Gowland oversaw the first major restoration of the monument in 1901 which involved the straightening and concrete setting of sarsen stone number 56 which was in danger of falling.

* 2011: Israeli scientist Inbar Friedrich Ben-Nun led a team which produced the first stem cells from endangered species, a breakthrough that could save animals in danger of extinction.

Those of the first order are the more immediate consequences ; those of the second are when the consequences spread through the community causing ‘ alarm ’ and ‘ danger ’.

De Waal has warned of the danger of romanticizing bonobos: " All animals are competitive by nature and cooperative only under specific circumstances " and that " when first writing about their behaviour, I spoke of ' sex for peace ' precisely because bonobos had plenty of conflicts.

On the first day of school, only one of the nine students showed up because she did not receive the phone call about the danger of going to school.

He said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods, in just and unjust quarrels, exactly as he likes, and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger.

When in danger they flee in a zig-zag course, utilizing first one wing then the other, similar to a rudder.

The United States Postal Service, after at first seeming supportive of the program, later resisted its personnel being included in this program, reasoning that if mail carriers became perceived as law enforcement personnel that they would be placed in danger at a level for which they could not reasonably be expected to be prepared, and that the downside of the program hence vastly outweighed any good that it could accomplish.

The women dislike each other on first sight, and their feud only escalates from there: shrill Blanche has nothing but disdain for Bonnie, Clyde and C. W., while gun-moll Bonnie sees Blanche's flighty presence as a constant danger to the gang's well-being.

President Eisenhower was the first to refer to countries in danger of Communist takeover as dominoes, in response to a journalist's question about Indochina in an April 7, 1954 news conference, though he did not use the term " domino theory ".

President Hinckley first read the Proclamation on September 23, 1995, at the General Relief Society Meeting, stating that the purpose was to " warn and forewarn " the world to the danger of deviating from its standards.

The incidence of neuroleptic malignant syndrome has decreased since it was first described, due to changes in prescribing habits, but NMS is still a potential danger to patients being treated with antipsychotic medication.

A gun stands right in its way, between the wheels of which the shell in the head of the rocket bursts, the gunners fall right and left … our rocketeers kept shooting off rockets, none of which ever followed the course of the first ; most of them, on arriving about the middle of the ascent, took a vertical direction, whilst some actually turned back upon ourselves-and one of these, following me like a squib until its shell exploded, actually put me in more danger than all the fire of the enemy throughout the day.

From the first shock of conflict, east of them, in and around Boston, to the battle of Bennington, in sight from high ground and a few miles on the north-east ; and the battles just across the river, between the patriot army and that of Burgoyne ; and later, they were in constant dread and danger, many abandoning their homes, where all farm work was virtually given up.

The company was impressed with some ideas of the danger from Carolina, and when Perier came over as governor in 1727, he was given special instructions regarding the trade of the Mobile district.

The impression has nevertheless been given during these three days, despite Mr. Rusk's personal popularity, that the United States delegation came to Oslo in a somewhat tentative and exploratory frame of mind, more ready to listen and learn than to enunciate firm policy on a global scale with detailed application to individual danger spots.

The Catalan Company seized control of Athens, and with it Aegina, in 1317, and in 1425 the island came under Venetian control, when Alioto Caopena, at that time ruler of Aegina, placed himself with treaty under the Republic's protection in order to escape the danger of a Turkish raid.

Later, hero ( male ) and heroine ( female ) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice — that is, heroism — for some greater good of all humanity.

Heydrich not only felt he could no longer be a member, but came to consider the church's political power and influence a danger to the state.

If it came from halfway up the hill, this would signify all was well, but from the top of the hill it would signify danger.

He was popular with the urban, sububan and rural poor for his populist social programs, his rule came under attack from the elite who saw danger in his parliamentary dictatorship.

In response, disenchanted Tories who perceived a danger to the established religion came to favour parliamentary reform, in particular the enfranchisement of Manchester, Leeds, and other heavily Noncomformist cities in northern England.

Historically, the focus of Portuguese diplomacy has been to preserve its independence, vis-à-vis, the danger of annexation by Spain, and the maintenance of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which officially came into being in 1386, and with the United Kingdom as a successor to England, it is still in place today.

Alcibiades came to warn them of the danger of their position, as they were at an open beach without harbors, and advised them to move to Sestos about two miles distant where they were retrieving supplies from, but was ignored and perhaps ridiculed.

Clemenceau said ...‘ I am totally opposed to you – we both recognise a great danger and you are ... reducing your army and weakening your navy .’ ‘ Ah ’ said Bannerman ‘ but that is for economy !’... then said that he thought the English ought to have some kind of military service, at which Bannerman nearly fainted ...‘ It comes to this ’ said Clemenceau ‘ in the event of your supporting us against Germany are you ready to abide by the plans agreed upon between our War Offices and to land 110, 000 men on the coast while Italy marches with us in the ranks ?’ Then came the crowning touch of the interview.

That ... Grey and Haldane did not inform the Cabinet is astonishing ; that a true-hearted apostle of peace like Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman should have known of the danger and yet concealed it from his colleagues is incredible, and I am happy to conclude ... with an assurance that in the days of his triumph the Liberal leader, having fought a good fight, kept the faith to the end and was in no way responsible for the European tragedy that came to pass six years after his death ".

Around this time, he met Tsar Alexander III, but came into conflict with the Tsar's aides when he warned of the danger in using two powerful freight locomotives to achieve high speeds for the Royal Train.

It came about that as the two armies were fighting fiercely, there was much slaughter, and Clovis's army began to be in danger of destruction.

When Tuor came, carrying Ulmo's warning of the danger to Gondolin, Maeglin sat at Turgon's side and argued against Tuor.

When the breakup of the Fronde came he was left in the lurch, having more than once been in no small danger from his own party.

Two stories came from this latter incident, one stating that the white man ’ s life was in danger and he was using self defense and the other stating that these incidents could have been avoided.

Although the government was not interested in such a doubtful venture, the British public came to see Emin as a second General Gordon in mortal danger from the Mahdists.

His father Tar-Meneldur seems to have instinctively sensed some danger in this, his heart wished to forbid Aldarion's first great sea voyage, sensing some peril in it that he did not understand, and in later years he consciously came to believe that the voyages of Aldarion and his Guild of Venturers were encouraging the Dúnedain in unhealthy ambitions and desires.

Roarke's fantasies were not without peril, but the greatest danger usually came from the guests themselves ; in some cases people actually got themselves killed due to their own negligence, aggression or arrogance.

Dr. John Candler Cobb, Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Colorado Medical Center, testified that the most significant danger of radioactive contamination came from the 1967 incident in which oil barrels containing plutonium leaked of oil into sand under the barrels, which was then blown by strong winds as far away as Denver.

Penn went on to describe " a new study that came out of England, just recently, that seems to have more stuff about it " and " right now, as I sit here, there probably is danger in secondhand smoke.

For this abusing the treaty of peace doth plainly show how the King of Spain will have all things perfect, his plot is laid, before he will proceed to execute ... Whether this not breed most great danger and dishonour, I leave it to her Majesty's wisdom ; but if it should fall out so, I would I had never been born ... And if were to-morrow next on the coast of Spain, I would not land in any place to offend any ; but they should well perceive that we came not to spoil, but to seek out the great force to fight with them ; and so should they have known by message ... But I must and will obey.

Abundant around lying munitions posed a serious danger to life for many years and it came with few accidents dead and injuries.