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The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable. Despite significant global advances, inability to effectively address epidemics and health emergencies still prevail and continuously threaten global health security and economic development. Tedros Adhanom

Change, Health, Natural Disasters

Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core democratic principles and abandon the use of force as a political tool. Or they can maintain armed terrorist militias in order to threaten their neighbors and intimidate their people. The international community should not allow them to do both. Tzipi Livni

Community, People, Political, Process

When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks. Peter Mayle

Great, Money, Me, Writing, Think, Three

And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadn't taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time. David Blunkett

Time, Step, Angry, Thought, Action, Same

It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action. Jim Ratcliffe

Action, Employees, Industrial, Dissent

The Chinese government has been clear in its goal and purpose for creating and expanding Confucius Institutes throughout the country, namely to distort academic discourse on China, threaten and silence defenders of human rights, and create a climate intolerant of dissent or open discussion. Seth Moulton

Silence, Government, Purpose, Goal, Open

I long ago lost track of the number of times the Obama administration has assured everyone that its vacuum-cleaner approach to electronic surveillance does not threaten the privacy or the rights of Americans. Andrew Rosenthal

Privacy, Lost, Long, Everyone, Rights

Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry. Rodney Crowell

Work, Alone, Time, Myself, Words, Me

The Greens will threaten the future of our strong economy. They will destroy jobs and put Victorian families at risk. Denis Napthine

Future, Strong, Risk, Will, Economy, Our

Essentially, you know, one of the great advantages of working in science fiction is it does give you an opportunity to talk about interesting and somewhat controversial themes and social issues and in a way that doesn't really threaten the audience, because I'm not challenging their particular points of view. Ronald D. Moore

Science, Opportunity, Great, View, You

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. J. D. Hayworth

Legal, Immigration, Immigrants, Security

People could be really horrible, you know? They would threaten my parents. Sabaa Tahir

Parents, People, You, Know, Horrible

I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated. Paul Broun

Violence, Rhetoric, Will, President

When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade, they further arouse public opposition rather than win support. Preston Manning

Business, Support, Effort, Influence

The e-book does seem at the moment to threaten the livelihood of writers, because the way in which writers are paid for their work in the form of e-books is very much up in the air. Graham Swift

Work, Moment, Air, Way, Because, Up

What I get really excited about are movies that I connect with emotionally. 'Deliverance' was on TV, and they don't really make movies like that anymore, just simple and scary. The truly scary thing is, 'I'm going to threaten your life, I'm going to threaten the people you love. What are you going to do about it?' Katie Aselton

Life, Love, Simple, People, You, Movies

Theatre owners cannot threaten actors with defamation cases and take them to court or seek compensation for losses incurred. Radha Ravi

Theatre, Losses, Court, Compensation

Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would threaten regional and global economic growth. Any attempt by Iran to close the Straits would be illegal and unsuccessful. Philip Hammond

Growth, Flow, Oil, Through, Disruption

If someone does something illegal on Twitter - like incite hatred, or make racist remarks, or threaten to rip someone's intestines out if they insult Justin Bieber - then there has to be some way of censuring them. Tony Parsons

Someone, Hatred, Way, Insult, Out, Like

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war. Frank B. Kellogg

War, World, People, Better, Will, Always

Egypt is practicing its very normal role on its soil and does not threaten anyone and there should not be any kind of international or regional concerns at all from the presence of Egyptian security forces. Mohammed Morsi

Security, Kind, Soil, Presence, Egypt

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past. Peter Welch

Family, Future, Time, Responsibility

There is nothing more important in my life than being a father. I will never allow any of my career choices or aspirations to threaten this bond. Corey Hart

Life, Father, Choices, Bond, My Life

I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat. Bart Stupak

Me, Know, Hand, Just Because, Position

It has been popular to threaten 'small islands and low-lying coasts' with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. Nils-Axel Morner

Future, Sea, Past, Rise, Small, Present

How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much scientific research so vital to its future? David Gergen

Future, Research, Name, Heaven, Nation

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