Word: spooks
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...expect that to spook Sarkozy into a reaction of modesty and self-effacement just yet. Careful manipulating of his private life in the press has become an established part of his communications strategy: for example, he'll invariably allow his personal life to dominate when he wants to divert media attention away from political troubles. That was certainly the case when he sprung his romance with Bruni on a French public that had been watching Sarkozy take a prolonged bashing over his hosting incorrigible Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. And it was déjà vu when he announced...
...tricky, of course, to act like an old-fashioned dictator in a globalized world. Musharraf can shut down Pakistan's television stations, but he can't silence the criticism swirling on the Internet. He can spook Pakistani artists, but he can't counter the momentum of the global art market, which has begun to take notice of the wealth of Pakistani talent. A burgeoning interest in South Asian art, coupled with the topical nature of their work, has given Pakistani artists an increasingly high profile overseas. Indeed, there are three new exhibitions in Britain alone devoted to Pakistani...
...wasn't kidding. Almost immediately after Northern Rock announced on Sept. 14 that the Bank of England had agreed to make an unspecified amount of emergency funds available to it, worried depositors began retrieving their savings. Although the Bank's move aimed to reassure punters, it only served to spook them. Worried that the lender - Britain's fifth-largest mortgage provider - was in danger of insolvency, savers across the country rushed to clean out their accounts, ignoring assurances from the bank's CEO and Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) that Northern Rock's capital reserve was sound...
...will get together to try to rescue it." You don't even have to travel to Africa to see such herbivorous first-responders at work. McDonnell specializes in studying wild horses and has occasionally seen the rough-sometimes lethal-treatment feral dogs receive when they're foolish enough to spook the group. Huzzahs for the heroism of the Kruger buffalos are fine for the web crowd, but for the herding males themselves, it's just part of the job description...
...improvement in, say, cholesterol levels doesn't guarantee that the desired effect--a healthier heart and a longer life--will follow. Often your doctor is left to make prescription decisions based at least in part on faith, bias or even an educated guess. That ought to be enough to spook even the least jumpy patient, but the fact is, recognizing just what a roll of the dice medicine can be may be a good thing...