Word: frightens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Doth frighten only milk-sop mewling boys...
...example, were the rivalries among the various nationalist leaders. And while a hefty black laundress insisted that Smith "must go, for he is a racist," she emphasized that "most Europeans [whites] must stay, otherwise we will have no jobs. We must show them we can run things and not frighten them...
...Schroeder chose to make a political film in and about a country whose language he does not speak. But it is even more unfortunate that, rather than avail himself of the services of an interpreter, he deliberately utilized the language barrier, apparently to place particular emphasis on Amin's frighteningly shallow, misinformed, and warped worldview. The effect however, is not to frighten, but to amuse...
...from favor cut the ruler off from what Drury assumes to have been her steadying influence. Akhenaten mated with several of his daughters in an effort to sire an heir. These dynastic couplings resulted only in a succession of stillborn female infants. Meantime, the priests of Amen continued to frighten the people expertly. By the novel's end Akhenaten has not actually reached his downfall. A sequel is promised, however, and things look dark...
...Dutch/Shell, as well as other foreign firms-key ingredients in Cap Perez's plan to make his country an economic powerhouse. Nor were the full implications of the Owens-Illinois case clear. Some Venezuelan businessmen complained that the expropriation was a "terrible overreaction" and worried that it might frighten off foreign investors. U.S. State Department officials, while expressing "concern" about the case, felt that Owens-Illinois had simply "gambled and lost" in a calculated risk that the Perez government would go easy on it. Company executives convened in Caracas to try to get the government to reconsider...