Its apt admonition is that the superimposition of one culture on another, however well intended, is unpredictably combustible, that the mongrel of generations hence may well mutate unpleasantly, that progress (as we define it) involves peril.
It's time they took a tougher approach on this issue, even if it involves some peril to them.
But the betting here, even without the benefit of having known Mr. Pearl, is that the word would have embarrassed him, as it would most journalists and others whose work sometimes involves physical peril.
In some instances, crimes classified as misdemeanours involve greater social peril than many statutory felonies, and penalties for misdemeanours may exceed those for felonies.
Some of the best-loved books - Treasure Island, King Arthur, The Hobbit - all involve a long, arduous, peril-filled search for something-or-other.
The experience of the Samaritans highlights the perils involved.
The controversy involves the potential perils of making molecular-size objects and devices, a field known as nanotechnology.
When Isaac's family joins their village in making the exodus, AndArgay's father resists joining in, knowing the perils involved.
In this daring first novel, a computer game designer suspected of murdering his obese wife is investigated by two detectives well acquainted with the perils involved in marriage — one of them Dr. Sam Sheppard.
This legislation would be a pointless exercise at best, monkeying around with the essentials of the constitution for no better reason than political symbolism, yet also involving subtle legal perils.
But even decades later, for thousands of mountaineers, the lure of the gleaming white summit seems to outweigh the perils involved in trekking to base camp, crossing the infamous Khumbu icefall and setting up four camps before attempting to climb to the 8,848-meter 8,848-metert) summit.
