Word: scareful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that tricky environment, Bingaman has allowed some mergers, especially in areas, such as telecommunications, where the White House happens to favor combinations that promise to create more jobs. When she does move against what she sees as monopolistic practices, a favored tactic has been to scare companies with the threat of lengthy suits. By huffing and puffing, she got AT&T to sign a consent decree promising to keep the McCaw Cellular phone company a separate subsidiary, which allowed McCaw customers to pick their own long-distance carriers. But when Bingaman has actually gone to court, the results have...
...subjects are any more miserable than the kids from troubled but continuing marriages she didn't track. A lengthy University of Virginia study recently found that children of divorce were better off than those of highly dysfunctional marriages, and family historian Stephanie Coontz is worried that Wallerstein's "scare tactics" may cause mismatched mates to "stick it out for the kids" and risk domestic violence...
Marta Rivas '96 wrote the alphabet belching message in the free spirit of the night. "That was a lot of fun," she said. "I actually put up that message about belching your way through the alphabet to scare people away." Although she did rake in responses from her charming ad, she ended up with a date by responding to someone else's. "I responded to someone who said that he liked to watch the Simpson's, sit around and make fun of people," Rivas said laughing. "So I have a date to have a TV-dinner with...
...this catchiness and accessibility that scare away many purists, or perhaps cause them embarrassment when their secret enjoyment is discovered. However, there is a depth to the Dave Matthews Band that sets them apart, as was evident at the electrifying Orpheum show...
Harvard survived a scare later in the period as Antos had a point-blank opportunity denied by Villiotte. The Crimson regained its composure, though, and was able to hold off the Eagles for the remainder of the game...