Word: frightenedly
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...extract itself from its present predicament in Viet Nam by expanding the war. To some, it sounded suspiciously like a country preparing for war. Or was it rather the horrifying death rattle of a regime that recognized the imminence of its own end? Either way, the nightmare could only frighten sane...
...menace of the psychotic killer is the more frightening because he may seem a model citizen until he goes berserk. Many of them "have a feeling that there is a demon within themselves," says Los Angeles Clinical Psychiatrist Martin Grotjahn, "and they try to kill the demon by model behavior." Sensing aggressive impulses that frighten them, adds a Manhattan analyst, "they live the opposite of what they feel. They become gentle, very mild, extremely nice people, and often show a compulsive need to be perfectionistic," which is one reason why people can always be found to describe a murderer...
...must hold with the Bank of England. This meant that another $280 million would go into reserve; the move, along with the higher bank rate, had an almost instantaneous effect on the British economy. Bankers hiked interest rates on business loans to as much as 8%, a figure to frighten away many a businessman looking for money. A sharp drop is anticipated in installment buying. Homeowners, whose mortgage rates go up and down with the bank rate, now face increases in their mortgage payment. The total effect will be a belt tightener for England, whose foreign trade balance sagged another...
...Since the commission announced its probe last Oct. 27, A.T. & T. stock has plunged from 66⅞ to last week's 1966 low of 52⅛, closed the week at 54. The sellers have been mostly big institutions, but the company fears that the investigation could begin to frighten off small investors as well. Already the paper loss on the stock has grown to a staggering $6.82 billion, more than double the gross national product of Ireland, and has cost each 100-share stockholder $1,288. This has been a primary factor in the recent drop in the stock...
...aware," said Father Laurel at Barcelona's Monastery of Sarriá, "that to follow the principles of the Gospel and of the Vatican Council to their utmost meaning in our country, one may come under the definition of 'unlawfulness.' But this does not frighten us. Jesus Christ was the first to go against the law-against the law of the Caesars, of the Jews and of occupying powers...