Word: frightening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Union Carbide has chosen to pursue a course of duplicity and intimidation, evidently designed...to frighten the people of the Marietta region into quiet submission," Nader said...
...frighten her and kill...
...nine miles, he was sprinting strongly. No wonder-Segal has competed in 14 of the last 15 Boston Marathons, usually finishing in the top 90. To keep in shape, he runs about ten miles every day despite a routine that would frighten most leisure-worshipping students...
...bookstore. Doris is the pussycat, a randy stray from New York's back alleys who has been in two television commercials, a movie entitled Cycle Sluts, and countless beds. By the time she gets through screaming at Felix, they are both evicted-Felix wearing a skeleton suit to frighten Doris out of the hiccups, Doris clad in her best crotch-length nightie with a pair of shocking-pink hands appliqueed on the breasts. Together they begin just the kind of odd courtship one would expect of two such urban animals. They claw, they scratch, they separate, they make...
...prospective failure was large enough to threaten not only investors but much of the securities business. The firm about to go under was Goodbody & Co., whose 250,000 customer accounts make it the fifth biggest brokerage in the nation. The collapse of a company so huge seemed likely to frighten investors into withdrawing stock and cash from many other firms, triggering a panic...