Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said Wednesday that talks about his country's nuclear programme will not take place "under the shadow" of threats.
Just when you thought it was safe to go out in the sunshine, movies like "Bonjour Tristesse," "The Night of the Shooting Stars," and "Jaws" are designed to drag you back under the shadows of threat, and even the milder masterpieces on offer, such as "Smiles of a Summer Night" and "A Day in the Country," seem overcast with wistfulness by the end.
And in what ways can we support our siblings in ministry as they abide in the great shadows of threats?
This winter, at least, they will not be making their preparations under the shadow of a threat to their existence.
Both parents now have to learn how to live with the torment of this uncertainty; Miriam must carry an EpiPen with her always, and live her teenage years, and thereafter, under the shadow of this threat.
Nuclear weapons have fortunately not yet been adopted in any meaningful sense by non-military users, but they continue to cast a shadow of the threat of horrific harm across society, and this anxiety and fear have economic, political, and social costs.
Doctor Manhattan was based upon Charlton's Captain Atom, who in Moore's original proposal was surrounded by the shadow of nuclear threat.
"It's a very small work environment that you're dealing with and often there's really tight relationships between employers and employees that were built during this period of living... under the shadow of the threat of the police," Chlala told VICE.
It is perhaps ironic that the shadow of potential threats becomes ever longer the more light we shed on our understanding of the universe.
While much of the world may live today in the shadow of terrorist threats, actual attacks over many years have zeroed in repeatedly and specifically on Jews.
