Word: frightener
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...supporting role as Wilson’s trusted assistant Ray, John Turturro (“Mr. Deeds”) displays both comedic timing and frightening composure. In a particularly excruciating torture sequence, Turturro relies upon his voice more than his fists to frighten a cornered KGB (the Russian language equivalent for Committee for State Security) agent. With a supporting cast that also includes Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, and DeNiro himself, it is a feat for Turturro to upstage them...
...15th novel, and I can't say for sure that it's his worst, but I can say for sure that it's the worst I've read, and I've read a bunch. And that includes his last book, State of Fear, in which he attempted to frighten us with the idea that global warming is not actually happening but is instead a hoax staged by a shadowy network of overzealous environmentalists...
...Many of the dead bodies on the streets of Washash in recent weeks have been those of the main male figures of Sunni households, whom Shi'ite death squads typically target in order to frighten a family into abandoning a home. U.S. soldiers who continue to operate in Washash don't believe the ongoing sectarian violence flows just from frictions on the streets there anymore. Instead, they put blame squarely on Mahdi Army operatives from outside the neighborhood, militants who U.S. soldiers say are out to turn Washash into a Shi'ite bastion for al-Sadr on the west side...
...Davis has called the allegations of racism ludicrous, but whether the photos were intentionally darkened does not matter, says Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics. "The only plausible reason to use such a picture is to play the race card - in an effort to frighten and fire up white voters in a key senatorial race," Parham wrote in an editorial on the Center's website. "Whether they acted with malice or moral callousness doesn't really matter, the end result is race as a wedge issue...
...five—she replaced a soloist sick with chickenpox on the hallowed stage of Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. According to Cloud, “After having jumped across that stage in front of thousands of people, there’s nothing that can really frighten me.”The euphoria of that first performance inspired Cloud to devote herself to rigorous technical training at Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, where she took lessons in ballet, tap, and body percussion from teachers who had danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem.While...