FOR an opposition politician, giving the televised response to a president's state-of-the-union address is a perilous honour, with the emphasis on peril.
For much of the next two months I would be travelling on rickety buses along perilous mountain roads.
Bushfires are at their most perilous in the southern state of Victoria during the high summer months of January and February, when the vast forests and farmlands are dry and stretch out in wait, over thousands of kilometres, for the inevitable lightning showers and wind storms.
As the software improves, these astroturf armies will become increasingly difficult to spot, and the future of open debate online could become increasingly perilous.
In the perilous naked moments, when undressing for bed, my eyes will fix themselves on the curtains.
Those of us who live in the Peak park think of it as a peaceful place - as witness Dovedale, which is tranquil even when, in the summer, a regular procession of tourists walk the river bank or make the perilous crossing on the stepping stones.
When you are pinning your hopes on the gap between "incredibly difficult" and "totally bloody impossible", you know your strategy is perilous.
In a week when BP's involvement in Russia once again raised concern among investors, the City can draw consolation from the fact that chief executive Bob Dudley is a veteran of the country's perilous politics.
These figures reflect the perilous state of affairs in overstretched acute services".
In the 10 weeks since prime minister Alexis Tsipras assumed power, the state of the economy has become ever more perilous as the government has struggled to meet debt obligations and keep up with public sector pensions and salaries while surviving on ever-waning reserves of credit.
Hearing a groan of dismay from 1,000 people seeping through the tannoy is not the ideal start to your perilous evening.
