Word: scarely
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...knew that at some point her body would fail her as well as her mind. Still, the news of her stroke, coming so soon after my maternal grandmother’s health scare, left me feeling painfully aware of every one of the thousand miles that separated me from my family...
...seems the shuttle program will plod on. NASA has always stressed that all spacecraft--even the shuttles--are unproven machines. "It's different from a commercial plane," says Hale. "[This is] an experimental vehicle." After 24 years, two lost ships and another scare this week, it may be time to ask if it's still an experiment worth conducting. --Reported by Stefano Coledan/ Cape Canaveral, Deborah Fowler/Houston and Eric Roston/Washington
...Number of men arrested for spreading postdeluge rumors of a tsunami, landslides and a burst dam; the last scare set off a deadly stampede...
...concerned analysts fear that the country is just one bad winter away from an anti-U.S. policy. They also fear the chance of an accidental war, set off by all the poorly maintained missiles still pointed up. Says Peter Pry, a House staff member and author of War Scare: "I'm more concerned than ever that we could stumble into the big one with [Russia]." That's a problem that bilateral friendliness alone can't solve...
...obliged to investigate it. Curragh offers the frail chief her hand, looks into his cloudy eyes and slowly explains why the police have come. Through an interpreter, Boi denies he banned the candidate. Instead, he says, rivals of the man invoked Boi's name as a ploy to scare off their opponent. His message to the disaffected, issued via the police, is that anyone is welcome on the island to speak to voters; if they encounter a problem, they can come to see Boi in person. Before leaving, Curragh tells Boi that the village's peace and prosperity...