Word: frightener
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...infection in workers can affect a firm's performance. South African firms don't know how many of their workers have AIDS; privacy laws prevent mandatory testing by employers. And many companies are loath to disclose any stats: imagine how a food-service company's high infection rate could frighten investors and customers. But Nicky Newton-King, the J.S.E.'s deputy CEO, hopes a discourse in financial reports will help remove the AIDS stigma and lead to better prevention and treatment...
...Whoever it was, his objective was clear: mayhem. "He wanted to frighten us," Amjad said. "And to show the Americans that Baghdad is not yet safe, not for them, not for anybody...
...political message conveyed by the rest of their clothes were almost as garbled as that conveyed by a stars-and-stripes halter top or by a red flannel shirt. They were terrified of conformity—but it’s intellectual, and not sartorial, conformity that should frighten us. We dress alike at Harvard because we are able to articulate our differences. I’ll keep selecting my wardrobe based on cleanliness...
...listen to banned Western music and hang out with girls in cafés - illegal activities, but facts of life in most cities. In the past hard-liners have used assassination and imprisonment without trial to silence their critics. Not any more. "They thought they could execute Aghajari to frighten Khatami's reform movement," says Jalaipour. "The consequences were not what they expected." If the reformers continue to gain force, Iran's hard-liners can expect more unexpected consequences...
...Yoko C. Christian ’04 got crazy drunk at last weekend’s Pfoho Belltower party and had to be carried back to Lowell by two of the strongest men on campus. Worried that her intensely debauched state would frighten her 14-year-old sister, who was staying with her, she ended up sleeping in the salad bar. Observers speculate that in the end it might have been less traumatic for the younger Christian if Yoko had just stumbled in at 2 a.m. instead of being escorted back at 9 the next morning, hung over and covered...