Word: scared
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Gibbs for using her column to state what we are unlikely to hear from any elected official: that thrift is an important virtue and that our failure to practice it has helped bring on the current economic collapse [Oct. 13]. Those who lived through the Great Depression endured a scare that prompted them to scrimp and save, something the current generation does not do. Now Americans generally believe they are entitled to whatever they want without regard to whether they can afford it. The list of what we have come to consider necessities would stun those from most other parts...
...Republican Party is slowly becoming more and more accepting of LGBT issues.” Patrick Sammon, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, made similar comments prior to the debate. “In the Republican Party the social conservatives are a strong and vocal segment that uses scare tactics to try and keep other Republicans from being more supportive,” Sammon said. “But they probably only represent one in four Republicans.” Both Sammon and Stonewall Democrat President Jon Hoadley said that they saw eye-to-eye on LGBT issues but held...
...slated for Asia between 2009 and 2011 could meet the annual consumption of 1.4 million American families. The Oregon Democrat has accused Palin of a "major contradiction" between her support for gas exports and campaign emphasis on more drilling to slake US energy needs. "It's pretty outrageous to scare Americans about energy shortages while she has been approving export of billions of cubic feet of natural gas that could be providing energy to homes in Alaska and the lower 48 states," he said...
...Columbia continues to inch towards that oh so elusive first win of the year. After dropping each of its first two contests by seven points, the Lions pulled within three of Princeton last week to put a scare in the Tigers. Could this finally be the week that Columbia finds itself in the W column...
...lesson begins with a surprise: the instructor announces that partners will be mixed together randomly, and two seconds later a quick and confident woman named Angela has split us up. She is unfazed by our attempt to scare her off by saying it’s our first lesson...