If there was something threatening about the incursion of Western cultural and political influence ten years ago, the China of today seems a bit more confident about its standing in the world.
And this helped them to resist the assault of French xenophobes who, above all in relation to the sudden appearance of Jewish artists from Russia, Poland, Germany and the United States, felt there was something threatening about the influx of artists with alien ideas.
"The sense in the year 2010 that there's something threatening about civilian marksmanship is a function of 1990s political correctness and guilt by association," Nick Dranias, director of the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, said.
Reflecting on this episode more than fifteen years later, Heti decides that the doctor, like other opponents of abortion, must have felt that "there is something threatening about a woman who is not occupied with children. . . .
Declining stock prices, falling commodity prices, and increased volatility all indicate that there may be something deeper threatening global growth.
It's like in a Pinter play: underneath all the clichés there is something deeply threatening to the fabric of things".
For example, if a diabetic patient enters the hospital complaining about numbness in their toes, instead of immediately assuming the cause is their diabetes, the clinician could monitor their blood flow and oxygen saturation, and potentially determine if there's something more threatening around the corner, like an aneurism or a stroke.
MI6 claimed that Tomlinson had originated the list, which was something he had previously threatened to do, although he denied responsibility for it, and MI6 were unable to substantiate their accusation.
"If SOPA and PIPA are any indication, if it's something that threatens the Internet, I believe we can recreate this".
The protagonists would be the parents, and the action would be something like: "Threatened with the prediction that their son will commit two terrible crimes, a king and queen decide to take extreme measures; but the fates are too strong for them, and the prediction is fulfilled despite their efforts".
For instance the Federalist's Mollie Hemingway penned an impassioned op-ed asserting that Pence is "a smart man who understands that infidelity is something that threatens every marriage and must be guarded against".
