Word: scares
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Deaccessioning," as museums call their periodic disposals of unwanted art, is a touchy and politically sensitive process that is traditionally done quietly and piecemeal so as not to offend donors of the jettisoned works or scare off potential benefactors. "There's a worry about agitating the public," says Neubert. The crowd that gathered at Denver's auction, however, seemed excited only about bidding up the prices. From the opening gavel of what amounted to a nine-hour garage sale, buyers in the museum's main hall sought to outbid one another on 630 lots that ranged from ivory figurines...
Even without the looming deadline on the debt ceiling, the mood in Washington over the next few weeks would be poisoned by the battle over Medicare. "Morally bankrupt" was the way Gingrich described the scare-the-elderly tactics the Democrats have been using to oppose his party's plans for Medicare reform. The House G.O.P.'s vague proposal would require much higher premium payments from more affluent patients--singles making more than $75,000 and couples making more than $150,000. It would raise the Part B premiums that cover doctors' fees, not requiring seniors to join health-maintenance organizations...
...insisted the plan would "deliver better care with better services at less cost." Unlike its higher-end cousin, Medicare, Medicaid already depends on vast state involvement, and the bill would likely fail without governors' support. "No one in Washington suggests block-granting Medicare," says TIME's Tumulty. "It would scare to many powerful constituencies. Medicaid, by contrast, has no powerful lobby...
Republicans have blasted the White House and Congressional Democrats for employing a "scare campaign" and spreading misinformation in the battle over financial aid funding...
...last week. Dole kept saying he wants to "rein in government and return power to the people," but he also kept saying "government does a lot of good things" and that voters should look around them and see those whom government programs have helped. "I don't want to scare people," Dole says, "and I won't take them over the edge. We've got to downsize, but I'm not one who'd take a wrecking ball to government...