Word: scaring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President Clinton ordered more than 1,000 U.S. military police to prevent Haitian police and military officers from beating pro-democracy demonstrators in Port-au-Prince, but it was unclear whether the move was tough enough to scare the junta's overzealous cops into civil behavior. "The habits of violence will not be shed overnight," Clinton said of the beatings, which embarrassed the Administration just a day after Haiti's military rulers agreed to make nice with the U.S. Clinton made clear that U.S. forces in Haiti -- expected to number 8,500 by tonight -- would "work to moderate the conduct...
...apparent good tidings, however, mask a host of troubles as the fall season gets under way. Fox has thrown a fresh scare into the other networks, stealing several major-market affiliates as well as CBS's Sunday-afternoon pro-football franchise. The number of alternatives, on both cable and broadcast stations, keeps growing, and the remote control has made them easier than ever to find. Indeed, the networks' recent ratings turnabout was due largely to special events like the Winter Olympics, and there's no guarantee the audience erosion won't resume this fall...
...again, off-again dioxin scare is, well, on-again. An Environmental Protection Agency report says the chemical, in all likelihood, causes cancer and even in trace amounts it may put the immune, reproductive and developmental systems at risk. "We've gone through a period in which the public has pooh-poohed other potential dangers," says TIME senior editor Charles Alexander. "People have said we've over-reacted to alar and radon and asbestos. This report goes against that trend. It says that dioxin really is dangerous...
...least 13 people have overdosed on heroin in New York City in the past week, prompting a scare -- at least in the media -- that a powerful new form of the drug, "China Cat," is sweeping through the region and could widen its orbit. Police say one sample tested a lethal 94 percent pure, and that the overdoses are a sign of heroin's resurgence in a city where up to half the nation's 600,000 addicts live...
...Drug Scare...