The Reverend Thomas Malthus, for instance, famously worried that overpopulation would drive down wages to subsistence level, leading to dangerous political upheaval.
Anne W. Patterson, a press-shy career diplomat who has been American ambassador to Cairo since 2011, suddenly finds herself a target in a dangerous political upheaval, a symbol for angry young Egyptians of America's meddlesome role in their country's affairs.
Signs of social upheaval — strikes, dangerous roads and electricity that flickers off even in the most luxurious hotels — are common.
McCarthy, the MEP, said any upheaval in the wholesale markets was dangerous because domestic supply companies cited the rise in wholesale prices as a reason for household prices to increase.
The idea, at its core, was that absolute monarchs should stick together against the region's revolutionary upheaval: real democratization in Morocco could create a dangerous precedent.
In the aftermath of the upheaval the British saw educated Sudanese as potential propagators of "dangerous" nationalist ideas imported from Egypt.
He played a role in demonstrations that led to the upheaval of a 23-year dictatorship in 1991, then traded politics ("too dangerous") for business.
If Wales can't beat Australia in their beloved home stadium in the aftermath of the upheaval that has cost the Wallabies their coach, one of their most dangerous backs and their, er, business manager, what chance have they of doing so 11 months from now at Twickenham, when Michael Cheika will have had a year to make them really good?
Kingsley Hall is seen as a very dangerous idea now by the medical establishment, but, back then, it was part of a greater social upheaval where definitions of authority, family, sexuality and illness were all being questioned".
In the last few weeks especially, as the world has experienced major upheavals -- political revolutions and natural disasters -- courageous reporters have placed themselves in dangerous situations to let us know what was happening.
What is more, the recent political upheaval in Egypt provides a potent reminder that Dubai, for all its air-conditioned ease and stability, lives in a dangerous neighborhood.
