Word: frightens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Live It. James's ghosts represent not so much creatures intended to frighten readers on a lonely evening as obsessive reminders of the experiences his characters have evaded and the responsibilities they have shirked. A girl is haunted by the ghost of her mother's neglected lover; a playwright dreams of a creature who, unlike the actress in the role, knows how to play his heroine; a scruple-torn pacifist meets the stern spirit of his strong-willed military ancestor; a young man abandons his girl friend to consort with the ghost of a woman he has never...
...tubes and a quart oilcan mounted on pieces of plastic. Painted on the wood were a hammer & sickle and the letters, U.S.S.R. Another "flaming saucer" that spun down from overhead gave Shreveport, La. a good scare, turned out to be a joke by a local prankster who wanted to frighten his boss...
...opposition can truthfully argue--as it does--that the CVA would be "state socialism." But the charge of "socialism" alone doesn't frighten so many people in 1949 as it did in 1933, when the first Valley project was getting under way. The question is whether the Northwest needs this form of government aid or not. And when the plush opponents of CVA claim that the Northwest is doing fine as it is, they are unfortunately in error...
...Bozo. When it was all over, Conductor Monteux admitted the tombola had been fun, "but not musique sérieuse." He was already thinking about the Beethoven cycle he will conduct next month: "Now that is sérieux, but not so sérieux as to frighten. Beethoven is not a bore...
...considered one of the 18th Century stage's great moments. Only the more critical Johnson refused to 'be impressed. Asked Boswell once: "Would not you, sir, start as Mr. Garrick does if you saw a ghost?" "I hope not," Johnson replied. "If I did, I should frighten the ghost...