Word: scarely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...India could happen here." Standing outside the plant during a shift change last week, Union Carbide Worker Gary Bailey said, "I don't think there would be a disaster here. This plant knows enough about safety, and they check everything on a regular basis. It doesn't scare me a bit." Said Longtime Resident Tracy Howard, 80, the town's unofficial historian: "Shucks, you can walk into the street and get hit by a car. I've built houses all my life. I could have fallen off a roof at any time. You just have...
...been high profile. When it was being distributed in Nicaragua, however, it seems the manual was also highflying. Congressional investigators revealed last week that packets of the controversial booklets were attached to about 100 specially designed balloons and floated from neighboring Honduras to Nicaragua last March to scare the leftist Sandinista government by creating the impression that the Washington-backed rebel effort was more widespread than it was. The airborne handbooks, coated in plastic to make them water-resistant, were among 3,000 printed at CIA headquarters. But only a fraction were ever sent aloft, because the agency was short...
...whole, the scare tactics proved highly effective. Most shops and schools in the capital's restive slums remained open, a change from previous protest demonstrations. University students held anti-Pinochet demonstrations on several campuses, but the crowds were small by past standards. Several leaders of the five-party Alianza Democratica, the main opposition group, did not endorse the protest for fear of running afoul of the siege order's ban on public gatherings; nonetheless, about ten Alianza leaders lined up in front of Santiago's cathedral and sang the national anthem. As they dispersed, a water cannon...
Hayes, who has averaged 17.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, is the team's best pure shooter. Her 18-point first-half performance (on 9-11 shooting) against Brooklyn College was enough to scare any opposing coach or player, and hinted of a sizzling future...
Unlike many soccer teams, the Huskies have averaged over 3,000 fans this year, creating an atmosphere which one coach said "could scare God Himself." They are respected in the NCAA for their ability to draw fans (read make money...