Word: scares
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...market that has suffered through a trendless, choppy five-month period. With no conviction about its current direction, many traders always pause to remember the two one-day 500-point declines, both of which took place in October. Even Fed chief Alan Greenspan got into the October-scare game last week, talking about how stocks might be too risky. Of course, he immediately said they might not be. But he referenced the Dutch Tulip Bulb craze, and that sent the market into still another October tizzy. It finished the week down 630 points, or 5.9%. In November, we wouldn...
...students approach an assistant principal and say a girl has brought a gun to school because she wants to scare a boy who continues to sexually harass her. The girl is in a class on the third floor, the student who may have been harassing her is not in this class, and the bell to change classes will ring in 15 minutes. What...
...faceted challenges that face our nation, from U.N. bills and international peace negotiations, to Social Security and budget reform, to the seemingly escalating cycles of hate and violence in America's streets, schools and homes. Politics have become a distraction, not an answer--an escapist reality that must surely scare someone besides...
...PREMISE: A tale of violence and passion in the 17th century set in iambic pentameter. But don't let that scare you away: there is enough poison, familial deception, and insanity to keep you on the edge of your seat...
...biggest scare of the season came Jan. 15when junior goaltender Crystal Springer broke hercollarbone, making her inactive for the next sixweeks. Springer, who finished fourth in the nationin both goals-against average (1.61) and savepercentage (.924), had anchored the team betweenthe pipes for the early season, but thatresponsibility fell on the inexperienced shouldersof freshman netminder Alison Kuusisto, who hadpreviously made just one start in her collegiatecareer...