Word: scares
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party tried to talk Angelo out of his decision. "All kinds of people came to see me. They talked big words like ideological deviationism. They even tried to scare me. But I told them I didn't know anything about ideology and that I joined the party only because they said they would help poor people like me. When I saw that wasn't so, I quit...
...There's no change of policy here," Swan said. "There's been do deliberate attempt to force men out or to scare other men. If their records were unsatisfactory, then they had to leave...
...record proves his point. Three of the Yardling victims, Dartmouth, Boston College, and Tufts, defeated perennially strong Holy Cross. Opponent Yale boasted a win over Princeton and a winning season, while Brown, never a basketball powerhouse, had a well above average year. The Bruins gave the freshmen their biggest scare of the season by carrying them into overtime before accumbing...
...coffeemen say that with inventories exhausted the losses from last June's frost are just beginning to be felt. They expect high prices for at least three years. Meanwhile, consumption keeps climbing; a supermarket survey shows coffee sales up 15% in the New York area, mostly because of scare-buying...
...civil rights association maneuvers him into renting her a room in the Green Glade. As if on cue, the Jakes. Gils and Morrises, the banks and realtors all land on Harry: so do fragments of his own hotel tiles, loosened by an unfriendly hand. Stubborn Harry doesn't scare, but all he can salvage from his tiny, crumbling domain is a brief, implausible love affair with the Negro girl. Reverting to me-first principles, he sets fire to the Green Glade for the insurance, then, in a strangely selfless about-face, dashes into the flames and loses his life...