As the body prepares to deal with a threat, blood pressure, heart rate, perspiration, blood flow to the major muscle groups are increased, while immune and digestive functions are inhibited ( the fight or flight response ).

Apart from all of his external enemies, a host of rebels also sought to overthrow Alexios from the imperial throne, thereby posing another major threat to his reign.

In May 1968 he completed an essay, " Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom ", where the anti-ballistic missile defense is described as a major threat of world nuclear war.

The presence of Roman forces in the Danube delta was seen as a major threat by all the neighbouring transdanubian peoples: the Peucini Bastarnae, the Sarmatians and, most importantly, by Burebista ( ruled 82-44 BC ), king of the Getae.

The alliance commonly known as the Second Triumvirate, renewed for a five-year term in 38 BC, broke down when Octavian came to perceive Caesarion, the son of Julius Caesar and the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII, as a major threat to his power.

They emerged as the major threat to the late Ming Dynasty after Nurhaci united all Jurchen tribes and established an independent state.

The crisis served the first documented instance of the threat of mutual assured destruction ( MAD ) being discussed as a determining factor in a major international arms agreement.

In 1749, to counter the rising threat of Louisbourg, Halifax was founded and the Royal Navy established a major naval base and citadel.

In developed countries, due to nearly universal advanced water treatment and sanitation practices, cholera is no longer a major health threat.

This eliminated the threat of cholera epidemics from the major developed cities in the world.

In the early decades of the 19th century, it became clear to the British that the major threat to their interests in India would not come from the fragmented Afghan empire, the Iranians, or the French, but from the Russians, who had already begun a steady advance southward from the Caucasus.

Damascus was a major trading centre which abounded in wealth and was under normal circumstances a potential threat, but the rulers of Jerusalem had recently entered into a truce with the city, which they then forswore.

With the capture of Ascalon the southern border of the kingdom was now secure, and Egypt, formerly a major threat to the kingdom but now destabilized under the reign of several underaged caliphs, was reduced to a tributary state.

However, the submarine fleet was greatly expanded and posed a major threat to the British supply system.

By the spring of 2001 they were posing a major threat to the Taylor government.

They saw in the aggressive Kzinti a major threat, and orchestrated the events that led to the humans getting FTL ships and thereby ensuring the human victory of the first war.

In 1982, Marvel published the mini-series Contest of Champions, in which all of the major heroes in existence at the time were gathered together to deal with one threat.

This war began to involve the major European powers and exposed New Zealand and Australia to a possible external threat from Russian naval forces.

The potential threat from the DF-21D against U. S. aircraft carriers has reportedly caused major changes in U. S. strategy.

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress tells of a war of independence waged by the Lunar penal colonies, with significant comments from a major character, Professor La Paz, regarding the threat posed by government to individual freedom.

Kenney's deputy, Maj. Gen. St. Clair Streett, wrote in July 1946: " No major strategic threat or requirement now exists, in the opinion of our country ’ s best strategists nor will such a requirement exist for the next three to five years.

Wide receiver Jim Lash was a major deep threat, with 32 receptions for 631 yards ( a 19. 7 yards per catch average ).

Wide receiver Haven Moses was also a major deep threat, catching 27 passes for 539 yards, an average of 20 yards per catch.

And on special teams, Pro Bowler Steve Tasker was a major threat, forcing fumbles, delivering jarring tackles, and blocking kicks.

Meanwhile, the Chargers special teams was also a major threat with Andre Coleman, who returned 49 kickoffs for 1, 293 yards ( 26. 4 average yards per kickoff ) and 2 touchdowns.

At the same time, nascent democratic institutions withered, opposition and labor activities were suppressed, and national interests at times were sacrificed to benefit supporters and relatives of Carías or major foreign interests.

The major difference between social democracy and democratic socialism is the object of their politics: contemporary social democrats support a welfare state and unemployment insurance as a means to " humanize " capitalism, whereas democratic socialists seek to replace capitalism with a socialist economic system, arguing that any attempt to " humanize " capitalism through regulations and welfare policies would distort the market and create economic contradictions.

Most major religions accept the primacy of the rules of secular, democratic society but may still seek to influence political decisions or achieve specific privileges or influence through church-state agreements such as a concordat.

Sri Lanka's two major political parties – the United National Party ( UNP ) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) – embrace democratic values, international nonalignment, and encouragement of Sinhalese culture.

Capra's synopsis: " Dealt with who, what, where, why, and how we came to be the U. S. A .— the oldest major democratic republic still living under its original constitution.

What is required in Zimbabwe is democratic rule, democracy is lacking in the country and that is the major cause of this economic meltdown.

Meanwhile, western Europe was influenced by the American Marshall Plan and made a quick economic recovery, becoming major allies of the United States under capitalist economies and relatively democratic governments.

Marxists would form mass-based labour and social democratic parties throughout Europe ( initially grouped around the Second International ), with major strongholds in Germany and England.

Eatwell stresses that this use has " major typological problems " and that the term " has also been applied to clearly democratic developments.

This declaration also defined the major goals of the postsurrender Allied occupation: " The Japanese government shall remove all obstacles to the revival and strengthening of democratic tendencies among the Japanese people.

" Given the situation in Spain for several years regarding terrorist attacks, these ties can be considered objectively as a threat to democracy ," the court said, also adding that these parties " contradicted the concept of a ' democratic society ' and presented a major danger to Spain's democracy ".

He also played a major role in the Central Intelligence Agency operation to overthrow the democratic Mossadegh government of Iran in 1953 ( Operation Ajax ) and the democratic Arbenz government of Guatemala in 1954 ( Operation PBSUCCESS ).

This caused a problem with democratic accountability, as every major government decision is expected to be discussed, deliberated and consented by the parliament.

It was not only the role that France played in the war which was recognized, but its important strategic position and significance in the Cold War as a major democratic, capitalist nation of Western Europe in holding back the influence of communism on the continent.

Okada was one of the democratic and moderate voices against the increasing strength of the militarists, and was therefore a major target for extremist forces pushing for a more totalitarian Japan.

Mannheim's first major work published during this period was Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction 1935, in which he argues for a shift from liberal order of laissez-faire capitalism, " founded on the unregulated trade cycle, unextended democracy, free competition and ideas of competitive individualism " to planned democracy In Diagnosis of Our Time, Mannheim expands on this argument and expresses concern for the transition from liberal order to planned democracy, according to Longhurst, arguing "... the embryonic planned democratic society can develop along democratic or dictorial routes ... as expressed in the totalitarian societies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union ".

In 1982, at age 29, Benazir Bhutto became the chairwoman of PPP — a democratic socialist, centre-left party, making her the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party.

The resulting structure was seen by many to be less democratic than the one which had preceded it, as demerged municipalities were denied an effective voice, and the city councils of the major cities were substantially weakened by the power of the mayors to go over the heads of opposition councillors and exercise power through their appointees to the agglomeration body.

As Canada's major social democratic political party, it relied on support from the labour movement, but recent strains between the NDP and the Canadian Auto Workers union and the Canadian Labour Congress had weakened the party's base of support.

Koumoundouros ’ long career encompassed many facets of political life, including serving in parliament, authoring of legislation, promotion of a democratic regime, restoration of the army, distribution of national farms to landless farmers, and the approval of major construction work ( such as the Isthmus of Corinth ).

The major conflict that later caused the collapse of the whole assembly was the demands from the left that the assembly declare its sovereign rights and write a democratic constitution, while the cautious liberals believed until the end that negotiations with the reactionary monarchs could lead to some small reforms.

During the early 1990s, Shkodër was once again a major center, this time of the democratic movement that finally brought to an end the communist regime established by Enver Hoxha.