In written answers to questions, he blamed "Iraq's opacity under Saddam" for any misleading remarks he made about the peril it posed.
Two major objections to the proposal are the peril it would cause to the Skagit's bald eagles, and the infringement it would make on Indian fishing rights, which would surely lead to costly litigation.
Democrats were clearly mindful of that time window and the peril it posed to the new health care law, which is why they devised the program in such a way that the costs don't really kick in until after the 2012 election.
The greater danger was the cover-up and the peril it posed to the president if it began coming apart.
The world has not yet revealed the unique perils it holds in store for my sons, but I hope that, having been encouraged to take calculated risks, they will have learned to find the courage they need when those perils arise.
And, of course, it's one of the perils of it that there are bits that get left out, bits that get added in.
This is partly about the usual dangers of pornography, paedophilia, cyberbullying etc, but it's just as much about the casual laxity of parents, and the way in which the technology industry continues to avoid responsibility for the perils that it facilitates and the damage that its products can do.
Madrid sees the perils as it strives for Basque participation (and, to an extent, for Catalan compliance) in a greater future.
There's something irritatingly self-satisfied about "Funny People," which explains why, though it glances on the perils of fame, it mostly affirms its pleasures.
"There's something irritatingly self-satisfied about 'Funny People,' " Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in July, "which explains why, though it glances on the perils of fame, it mostly affirms its pleasures".
