Word: scarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...read to them a statement in which he categorically proved that the opposition newspapers had either exaggerated the importance of Communist activities or had fabricated reports to cause panic among the people. He drew a long and dismal picture of the disastrous effects which such scare news was causing: withdrawal of money from banks, runs on provision stores, expatriation of capital...
...round of luncheons and dinners over, the party moved on to Santiago de Cuba by train. A scare was provided by the discovery of a bomb under a railway bridge. Guards were called out to examine and guard all other bridges over which the train was to pass and eventually the party arrived safely...
...kind of folly. There were "dissensions", yes, But, taken out of the false glare of newspaper talk, they were perfectly comprehensible, and at times even funny. They were merely the physical expression of personal and national character: and, understood as such, they cease to become the terrible things the scare-mongers would like to have us believe. Take, for example, the case of the Italian fencers. Their match with France was tied when the Italian and French champions finally crossed blades. It was an exciting moment Harvard-Yale football games played by two men would best express it. The judges...
...does not seem possible that Mussolini can long maintain his strength by such extra-constitutional means. To justify his methods he has brought forth a succession of bug-bears which he pointed to as the reason and the justification of his violent tactics. But each scare must of necessity be greater than the previous one, or it will fall flat. The supply of scares is limited, and so is the gullibility of the masses. By their exuberant methods the Fascisti have convinced the rest of the people as well as themselves that violence is the natural instead of the exceptional...
...Yale eleven to make short work of Maryland. The Southerners, however, had ideas of their own on the subject, and proceeded to outplay the Elis for the greater part of the game, finally losing out by a scant 16-14 margin after giving the New Haven crowd its biggest scare of the season. This year Coach Jones will again leave his charges to their own devices to come to Cambride, but it is safe to say that he will await with more than ordinary interest the announcement of the clarion-voiced Eddie teling that...