Johnson is being called a danger to those around him, a damning assessment in a sport where tiny errors can lead to serious injuries.

"I wouldn't call point guard a danger," Wolters said.

I hesitate to call it a danger but you are old enough to understand.

But there is also a provision to cover what is called "a life-threatening danger," when the police can "overstep the legally protected interests of the person affected."

"I would call it a danger," he said.

A reader could be forgiven for concluding that Mr. Welch has himself succumbed to what he calls a major danger facing all managers.

At the time of the 1968 invasion, Rumania alone of the Warsaw Pact nations denounced the invasion, calling it a "grave danger to peace in Europe."

Mr. Netanyahu also criticized allowing the Palestinians to build a seaport, calling it a "mortal danger" and raising the specter of inflows of arms from abroad.

Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Ms. de Berk, 41, whom they called a danger to society and a psychopath.

Last week, Mr. Bush made a speech promising to "throw the book at insider traders and other white-collar criminals," and calling them "a real danger to society."