Word: scaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...landslide Vote in favor of Question I could in the long run be the initial step of convincing the state legislature to at least amend the special provision for private colleges and universities. And for now it could scare Harvard into gradually increasing its voluntary share of the property tax burden...
...Callinan with no fears should instill plenty in opposing defenses. It certainly seemed to scare most of the Princeton defenders out of his menacing path, for Callinan was constantly popping through holes the size of the tunnel of similar name. The fullback credits the big guys in front...
Those worried about the academic quality of Harvard's student body have little cause for concern: We are confident that the University can continue to glean the usual 1600 good students from even a reduced pool. But what does scare us is the potential impact on diversity, that favorite of buzzwords of admissions directors...
...There is a very real and growing threat. It is not scare talk or any kind of propaganda." With that dire warning, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger last week released a glossy, 99-page report titled Soviet Military Power. The study, illustrated with maps and photographs, describes in impressive detail the Soviet military machine and its ever growing arsenal of new weapons systems, tanks, missiles, ships, artillery and aircraft. Put together by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the report is the largest and most comprehensive release of declassified intelligence data in the Pentagon's history. Its purpose: to send...
...para-military thing should scare us all. It's easy to be taken in by the Guardian Angels, the citizens' patrol group that recently arrived in Boston. Founded several years ago by Curtis Sliwa, the Angels sought to restore some of the security that was missing from the New York City subway system. The movement has since grown nationwide...