Word: scared
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...team, happens to be Vance’s suitemate, walked on to the squad as a sophomore and saw limited time as a utility infielder last season. At the plate, Stoeckel—with just three singles in 20 career at-bats—won’t scare opposing pitchers the way Vance does, but his quick hands remind the Crimson coaching staff of the solid defense Brown brought to that position during his All-Ivy campaigns...
...made his weekly pilgrimage to the Senate, where he had lunch on March 6 with Republicans. He took his usual seat on one side of the stately Mike Mansfield Room and watched the proceedings quietly. Various Senators came by to ask him about his health after a blood-clot scare the day before. Others quietly lent support in the wake of that morning's four-count guilty verdict of Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. But for all the personal shows of support, more Republicans with each passing week have acknowledged privately what is felt across Washington when...
...this latter tone, Fincher proves he can make you cringe without blood being spilt. Stylistically, “Zodiac” embodies the directorial elements that made Fincher famous: marvelous cinematography, humorous dialogue, fast-paced scenes, and period music. “Zodiac” was made to scare its audience, but more than that, it offers new perspective on the way our society deals with mass media. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, when the Zodiac killings were actually happening, the media was exploding into the American consciousness with sitcoms, high-production...
...point it was down more than 500 - concerns heightened about the fate of the U.S. economy. A 9% downdraft in Chinese stocks earlier in the day triggered the selling on Wall Street, while some downbeat economic news and an unexpected warning from an old bogeyman, Alan Greenspan, threw a scare into investors...
...Obama doesn’t scare white people. The clean, articulate, and bright guy whom Americans are impressed with is the exact opposite of what Americans expect black people in this country...