Word: scaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What was so surprising, though, was that the vastly outmatched. Crimson squad displayed its finest lacrosse of the season while giving the nation's 13th ranked club one mighty big first-half scare...
...meantime, Maggie and I piled all the chairs, bureaus, and assembled baby toys against the door, having decided that hiding in the closet would only scare us further...
...time the police came, I was ready for a nervous breakdown. We learned that the housekeeper had been called by the alarm company when the alarm went off. Mad that I was staying in the house, she had decided to scare me. Explanations or no explanations, this was the last straw; the police had to stay an extra hour to calm me and my friend down...
...reselling its stock to Occidental, Mesa made a painless $12.5 million for simply hiring an army of bankers and lawyers to scare Citgo, and Pickens was excited about the possibilities. Two more unsuccessful but lucrative takeover bids by Mesa followed, and in August of 1983, having received his baptism in fire, was ready for the big time...
...Cambridge Haitian-American Association [CHAMA], a private community organization set up to assist Haitian immigrants has received far more serious complaints of discrimination because of the AIDS scare--ranging from housing discrimination to doctors who have refused Haitians medical treatment, says CHAMA Director John A. Barnes...