Word: frightens
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Since all available policemen have been assigned to ticketing duty, it would be unreasonable to suggest that lawmen stand guard over Weeks Bridge. But the installation of adequate lighting facilities there would either frighten away nefarious juveniles or at least expose their machinations to all. The hue and cry might then be raised...
Hopefully, the mallards will be gone and the field will be in reasonable condition when the Dartmouth Indians meet the Crimson tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. In fact, in an effort to frighten the birds away, the varsity will practice this afternoon "whether it rains or snows," according to coach Bruce Munro...
...seat chapel and six smaller chapels. The pavilion also includes a restaurant for 2,000 and a three-story display building. Besides numerous Masses and multilingual confessors, attractions will include a 40-yd. mock-up of the catacombs, an exhibit of "the vital problems that frighten mankind" (which includes two gigantic U.S. dollar bills), and souvenirs (scarves with the papal coat of arms, a special issue of Vatican stamps, money of the Vatican State). Total cost, not counting the donated cement, glass, carpets, wood, altar, organ and two carillon systems: about...
...Because his own Nationalist Party was rapidly losing touch with the masses, Sukarno has leaned increasingly on the Communists. He admires their dynamic ability to organize monster demonstrations with all of the theatrical effects-banners, chanted slogans, parades, fiery speeches-which have always been his weakness. But the Communists frighten him too. Says an intimate: "If they staged rival rallies in, say, Surabaja, I am convinced the Communists would outdraw Sukarno. This would kill him. He knows the Commies can outdraw him, and so he has to stay with them...
...care what I say to the press," Five & Dime Heiress Barbara Hutton, 45, said to the press as she disembarked in Manhattan. "You used to frighten me. I used to shiver and shake . . . and usually I would say the wrong thing." Unwittingly illustrating her point, she added: "It's most unfortunate that I can't travel with an enchanting young man without all this talk starting!" The enchanting young man: sleek, suave Philip Van Rensselaer, 30, a onetime Manhattan model, aspiring novelist, unwealthy descendant of an old New Amsterdam family. Bolstering reports that the pair have spent...