Word: scareder
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While Ruckelshaus' words seemed aimed at environmentalists, Watt's action was clearly directed at political allies. The asset-management plan has been heavily criticized in the Western states, where many of the federal holdings are situated and where Ronald Reagan enjoys his greatest grass-roots strength. Under the...
The basic flaw with Taylor and Burton is that they lack any flak for feather-light comedy. They substitute double or sextuple entendre, as when Taylor says, "I feel rather scared of marriage really," looking out at the audience with the eyes of a wounded doe. What the Elyot-Amanda...
But military intervention is no game for the squeamish. If Democrats are scared to take a stand against interventionism in Central America, then they should give Reagan whatever he wants and let him accept the consequences. "Compromises" just prolong the violence, raising the death toll and possibly leaving a mess...
Meanwhile, a crowd of several hundred student onlookers had gathered outside, and about 15 university policemen had ringed the building. Inside there was a growing air of nervousness, with one student saying to another. "I'm scared. I want to get out of here."
The Senate committee's action was one of the most serious setbacks Reagan has suffered on Capitol Hill. It stemmed in part from the 1982 elections, in which the recession helped elect Democrats, and scared Republican incumbents, making them more independent of the President.