At the time, the nation was embroiled in the Cold War, engaged in armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, while Communism appeared to represent a worldwide menace.
All those on the lists represent a potential menace, but what can we say about those who aren't listed, who are no doubt numerous?
Infections with resistant organisms represent a serious menace in critically ill patients.
Where Trump could go down in history as a one-off, an erratic showman who rose by pulling a few ideas from the anti-establishment populists, Wilders might more truly represent a rising global menace.
Out of the corner of your eye, you glimpse someone in a restaurant who represents a particular menace or possibility, potentially a friend or a foe — and the unconscious goes to work on that.
While federal prosecutors had publicly continued to advance Mr. Ashcroft's argument that Mr. Lindh represented a serious menace, privately, within legal circles, there was a strong feeling of relief that the Justice Department reached a deal with Mr. Lindh.
A French newspaper, meanwhile, gave warning that the Russians represented a special menace to all Catholics because "they hope to convert us to their heresy .As Mr Figes recalls, the tactical friendship between Western Christians and Ottoman Muslims had its limits.
European anxiety over immigration and assimilation, which exploded into view with the recent killings in Norway by a right-wing extremist, is subtly laced through both "Montecore" and "Invasion!" Abulkasem, Mr. Khemiri said, represents a diffuse menace, perceived but not quite embodied.
From the alcohol industry's perspective, the tax represented a direct menace to their continued prosperity.
Although the wild dogs can be a menace to livestock, they represent a draw for tourists and, in the end, the herder comes to realize there are steps he can take so he can coexist with these animals.
