Word: frightener
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Unlike tempestuous Arturo Toscanini, Walter does not frighten musicians into playing right; he coaxes them. When, with his mellow German accent, he says, "Come, let's have it again." he might be talking to forgetful children, and when he says, "Once more, letter D," he sounds like a host inviting some guests to have another helping of Sacher Torte. There is endless patience, endless attention to detail. "Aha!" he shouts over the slow movement. "Ssst! Second violins, make a diminuendo ..." The music starts again, and "Right!" shouts the old gentleman vehemently, making the listener jump in his seat...
...state of mind of the Hollywood liberal who never got called before a committee investigating anything. Author Mailer seems to have a bad case of it. His account of the interrogation by a pair of foul-mouthed goons in the hire of the "Subversive Committee" is calculated to frighten little children. It is bad enough for Mailer to paw every bed on the coast without finding Senator McCarthy underneath...
...allies and worldwide public opinion guessing and fearful of our intentions is too great a price to pay for this doubtful political advantage. The strength of the free world is based upon genuine cooperation and mutual trust among the free nations, not upon our ability to confuse and frighten the Communist bloc or to bolster the illusions of the Chinese Nationalist Government...
...Just Plain Silly." Next day, at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Johnstown, Pa., quite another view of automation was advanced by U.S. Steel's Chairman Benjamin Fairless. Said he: "Automation has become a menacing word-a kind of modern bogeyman with which to frighten our people." Fairless went on to show why he thought the fears "just plain silly." Was not the telephone industry the prime example of automation, with its increased use of dial phones? Yet between 1940 and 1950, said Fairless, the number of telephone operators in the U.S. increased...
...move against Dedijer, Djilas told New York Times Correspondent Jack Raymond, "is an attempt to frighten the democratic elements in the party. Such elements exist, but they are unorganized, whereas the party itself is in the hands of undemocratic forces." With another party and free discussion permitted, Djilas thought that "in ten years perhaps, possibilities for political democracy will develop." He was taking a risk, he admitted, in being so outspoken. "However, I think that nothing bad will happen." Djilas' proposals were not reported to the Yugoslav people, which made it a little difficult for his second-party movement...