Word: scared
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...were told that Lisbon would mean their sons would be conscripted into a European army, that abortion would be legalized and that there were plans to implant microchips in Irish children. Connellan met voters convinced that Brussels would impose a one-child policy. And more potent even than the scare stories, says Connellan, was the confusion. Irish voters - many of whom cheerfully professed to being staunchly pro-European - simply didn't know what the treaty meant. So the nation that polls show to be among the most pro-E.U. of all voted no. "What," asks Connellan of her fellow...
WHITE HOUSE RATS (NO, NOT SUNUNU) Washington -- Haircutgate, the budget battle, Somalia -- and now rats, hundreds of them. White House aides going home after dark have had to bang on their briefcases and bags to scare the beasts away. The 165 traps that have been strategically positioned around the mansion grounds by the White House gardener -- and baited with environmentally sound poison -- have done little to stem the invasion. Mrs. Clinton has taken over health care; is this a job for Socks...
...between Corsica and France's southern shores. Sections of that invertebrate mother ship are blown to land by unpredictable shifting winds that can turn coastal water into jellyfish marshes overnight - and then leave the same area virtually stinger-free the following day. A large part of the current jellyfish scare is that swimmers rarely know whether the water into which they're wading is benign Mediterranean surf or a dense minefield of tentacles...
...security scare caused by Pak's forgery highlighted a significant vulnerability to student and faculty members' Crimson Cash accounts, which are directly linked to HUID numbers and are considered financial account numbers by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...laws. Hates the war in Iraq. He doesn't use drugs, but he sees the fight against them as another government power grab. Growing up as a Mormon in Salt Lake City, Parshall was a Barry Goldwater Republican. Now he's the kind of voter who should scare the GOP most--and he's not alone...