Word: scares
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then the rug was pulled out from under Glamorene, and the Digest got a bad scare. In San Francisco, a Pan American World Airways serviceman died after cleaning a plane's rug, and the coroner's jury reported that the victim had died from inhaling "halogenated hydrocarbon" from trichloroethylene, one of Glamorene's components. Professional rug cleaners gleefully took ads reproducing news stories about the San Francisco case and urging homeowners to avoid mishap by having experts clean their rugs. The health department banned Glamorene sales in San Francisco...
Burr Hall's copious floodlights and well-aimed spots are ideal for the cram-weary undergraduate. Some may object, however, to the seats, which are set at such an angle that no one has much trouble peeking over his neighbor's shoulder. This should scare no one. If the Registrar assigns to Burr only courses which deal in imprecise, general topics, unlike Calculus or Physics, no examgoer will have time enough to crib anything worth the risk involved...
...Season. In Berchtesgaden, Germany, Georg Kuesswetter was caught setting fire to Alpine skiing huts, told the court: "I wanted to scare away all those stupid tourists...
Kennedy and other University Hall officials felt the draft scare may have had something to do with the rise...
...valuables. The Barwars specialized in brazen daylight thievery, expelled members who stooped to night operations. The nomadic Panjaros rustled cattle. The Harnis forced their women into prostitution and rolled the customers; when the heat was on, they usually beat it disguised as fakirs, often taking a leper along to scare off the curious...