Word: scared
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Administration officials say they fear that losing even one house of Congress would mean subpoenas and investigations--a taste of the medicine House Republicans gave Bill Clinton. "Everything will grind to a halt," one said. That prediction could be a scare tactic designed to get out the G.O.P. vote. But Democrats say that if they are victorious in November, they plan to force Bush to be more accountable, and they intend to dig through records of contracts in Iraq, for homeland security and for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Democratic Representative Henry Waxman of California, one of the most dogged...
MAKING THE MOST OF MICKEY Theme parks are often not the first choice of parents, but sometimes the lure of Disney is unavoidable. Fodor's Disneyland and Southern California with Kids offers detailed maps, descriptions of rides (including age ranges and scare factors) and lists of attractions and shows you can skip. Also useful are its tips on the best rest rooms for toddlers and where to find the least crowded stroller rentals...
...People don’t eat all their food.” Custodians and yard garbage collectors will see a rat every two or three months, according to Gogan. They “learn to go around and kick the barrels before they dump them” to scare away rats, he said. —Staff writer Shifra B. Mincer can be reached at smincer@fas.harvard.edu...
...quite well to a number of performances, but perhaps not as well as some acts would have hoped. Singers in the Qawwali love song “Ali Ali” performed quite well, but the audience was reluctant to respond to their urgings to clap along. Presumably to scare the audience into participating, the lighting staff flashed the lights on members in the crowd. Needless to say, it didn’t work. Lighting and sound mishaps, while none of them major unto themselves, nonetheless became minor nuisances to a number of acts and interacts. Performers overcame the problems...
Feehan and Hamilton take their subject seriously, but not all do. In Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson, a former model uses her can't-be-killed status to scare the bejesus out of her stepmother, who did a postmortem heist of all her Manolo Blahniks (a shoe brand that pops up in these books a lot; the designer must offer a specter discount). It ends happily for our heroine, although these books are not the kind that necessarily conclude with a wedding. It's probably safer that way, given that for vampires, "till death do us part...