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The three standard lines of analysis were: 1) The first lady would try to tug her husband back to the perilous left; 2) The president and his aides don't want her to take a public role, because she'll become a lightning rod; and 3) Republicans are secretly rooting for her to take a public role, for both the above reasons.
The NYT calls Clinton's grand jury appearance "the most politically and legally perilous moment of his presidency," and says he has been conducting practice sessions in which his lawyers are questioning him and designing answers that allow him to acknowledge a relationship with Lewinsky without going into graphic detail.
But, facing increasing military pressure, they set forth on the epic Long March to northwest China, a distance of some 10,000 perilous kilometers (over 6,200 miles).
Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan.
In the meantime, the world will probably be content to support the world of adventure through an occasional perilous walk to Borders.