Word: scares
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...October, there were whoops as he lambasted the greedheads on Wall Street and the drug dealers of Mean Street, and again when he laced into George Bush for dividing the country by using the oldest tactic in the book: "You find the most economically insecure white people, and you scare the living daylights out of them." At a fund raiser for Illinois Democrats, he showed he can make the case that America is wasting much of its young generation. "It's a long, long way in this country from me at the age of six holding my great-granddaddy...
...intend to scare anyone during the continual paper-writing frenzy that characterizes every second of our existence during the term. But isn't tailoring papers to attract the favorable attention of a grader selling out? Aren't we losing any hope of intellectual integrity by conforming the language and ideas in our papers to get better grades...
...that is any different? We don't get published, that's about all. We do, however, write for an audience. But it is supposed to be a general academic one. The fact that only one other person is really ever going to read most of our writing shouldn't scare us into trying to conform to their likes and dislikes...
Americans used to take health care for granted. But now they can see the cracks in the system -- and those gaps scare them. The prospect of an additional 30% increase in medical costs next year has prompted many employers to cut their work force, reduce health benefits, or both. At the same time, insurance companies are raising premiums to nigh unaffordable levels. Millions of workers are terrified of losing their coverage...
...generally don't like to read scary things at events like this. It's a big crowd here tonight, and I like to get you alone," King said. "What the hell? Maybe this one time, I'll try to scare the crap out of you," he said...