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Word: frightening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...manages to present them with continuity. The bits themselves, carefully edited, represent the best of Lenny Bruce and capture his change in mood and brand of humor--as arrests persisted, Lenny's character became increasingly raffish, his voice increasingly strident and self-righteous, until he was trying to frighten his audience more than amuse...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Shooting Down Lenny Bruce | 12/4/1974 | See Source »

Richard III is like those horror stories that children tell to frighten each other. It is not one of Shakespeare's great plays; yet it has the power to grip an audience. Apparently, mankind's appetite for a total monster is insatiable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Black Spider's Web | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

...well equipped is Ford mentally and emotionally for the presidency? He has few qualms. Insisting he did not wish or expect to be President, he said last spring: "I see no reason why I shouldn't be a good President. It doesn't frighten me at all. I feel prepared, and I know the policies I believe in would be sound." Nonetheless, some people worry that Ford's plodding, amiable ways and his eagerness for consensus may render him less than decisive in a national crisis. His openness could prove to be a liability in the White House, where nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW PRESIDENT: A MAN FOR THIS SEASON | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

...have anything that would frighten any Harvard man in any event," Yale Coach Bob Giegengack said yesterday...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Battle Hapless Elis Today | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

...woman said she would care for the girl, give her some food and a place to rest for the night. She told us that since our presence seemed to frighten the girl, we might as well leave. The three men were now standing and talking, two of them pinning the arms of the third behind his back. The overt violence was under control. The woman helped the girl to her apartment, and we left as she had asked...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Heroes Without Names | 3/8/1974 | See Source »

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