Word: scared
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...There's a reason. The scare over bse reflects a deeper anxiety in Europe today about globalization and its consequences. Ever-closer union means that money, goods and services are more easily exchanged-but it also means that maladies like bse can seep across borders with less resistance. "It is virtually impossible to isolate the European countries from one another," European Commission President Romano Prodi said recently. "We are all one big country." But such bromides only bolster European fears about lost national identity and fuel suspicions that even the most basic concerns of life, such as what...
While Chandrasekaran's actions may have demonstrated a lack of judgment, his behavior certainly does not warrant jail time. He is no hardened criminal and represents no further menace to society. Most likely, the scare of facing a possible 20-year jail term will prevent him from ever repeating his offense...
...They say that by employing his five/four definition of binge drinking, Wechsler has co-opted a rhetorically powerful phrase, redefined it too broadly, and used the results to scare the press and the general public about drinking on college campuses...
...bomb scare caused chaos in the Registrar's Office, which oversees the scheduling of exams...
Besides "Alexander the Great," the bomb scare interrupted the final of Economics 2010c, "Economic Theory," a graduate-level class that had been taking an exam in the adjacent Science Center C. Students there were evacuated to Holden Chapel to keep warm and await further instructions...