Word: frightens
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Take on any level, The Crucible is a play to frighten an audience senseless. Proctor may triumph morally or he may not, as the viewer must decide. But Miller holds out no hope for the other victims of Salem's madness, nor any reassuring suggestion that that madness is confined to rage amid Salem's cold, rocky farms and Puritan gowns and breeches. In the sure hands of Diekman and company, the play doesn't need Cambridge's snowstorm, or Harvard's heritage, or even Cabot's dark wood fireplace to strike close to home...
Soviet declaratory doctrine, by contrast, is an auxiliary to propaganda and diplomacy. The words serve to disguise and even deny actual military capabilities. Instead of trying to frighten their enemies into restraint, the Soviets are trying to enhance their bogus claim of championing disarmament and advance their campaign to divide NATO...
...union lost the subsequent vote, 436-346, and charged that Harvard had engaged in coercive tactics to frighten workers away from District 65's side. The allegations were never substantiated, though the University's anti-union forces--led by Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University--readily admitted they had waged a vigorous campaign. Why was Harvard so opposed to the union getting a foothold in the Med Area? Publicly, officials like Steiner, associate general counsel for labor relations Edward W. Powers and head of personnel Daniel Canter all cited the negative effects of "fragmented" bargaining units. In other...
...such as restaurants and sports facilities. Botha has also floated vague promises of better conditions for the country's blacks and has granted some tangible concessions: legalized black labor unions and increased spending on black education. Limited as such reforms have been, they are enough to enrage and frighten many whites...
Marchais lashed out with a number of statements that served to frighten voters-and thus ensured the victory of Giscard's coalition. One theory was that Moscow may have had a hand in the French Communists' caprices, perhaps because it feared a leftist victory might shake up East-West relations. In addition, Moscow was believed to have grown comfortable with a succession of conservative Fifth Republic governments, dating back to Charles de Gaulle's return to power in 1958. Some analysts believe that Moscow may be exercising a certain amount of remote control once again...