Its bankruptcy would imperil the ability of states to continue plugging their budget gaps with settlement revenues.
That makes Cyprus vulnerable now, as its economy falters and unemployment rises, imperilling the ability of firms and households to meet their debts.
Any such order could imperil the ability of UBS, the world's largest private bank and a big player in the global credit markets, to operate, as well as potentially subject executives to criminal prosecution, and the bank to sanctions, in Switzerland.
The 1999 law, the brief said, "imperils the media's ability to report on issues related to animals".
Senior British officials say Mr. Blair believes that the continuing unrest in the Middle East imperils the West's ability to keep the full weight of moderate Arab countries behind the antiterror coalition.
But the churning of students in the early grades imperils their ability to complete high school, let alone college.
But a person pretend to be nice only so long before she imperils her ability to recognize the difference between phony niceness and real niceness.
By Bee Wilson The global food market fosters both scarcity and overconsumption, while imperilling the planet's ability to produce food in the future.
If "The Dish" has the momentum of a prolonged countdown instead of going for edge-of-your-seat suspense as technical problems imperil the dish's ability to function, it maintains a tone that remains as light and easygoing as the Australians living in the area.
Because Social Security is projected to run a surplus of more than $2 trillion during that period, using $1 trillion for private accounts would not immediately imperil the system's ability to pay full benefits to current retirees, as Mr. Gore has implied it would.
