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The nuclear standoff between Pakistan and India--Issue 2--frightens just about everyone.
Why, mall Santas can't even say "ho ho ho" anymore: It frightens youngsters.
Hillary frightens us because she feels no need to do any of that earning.
In his new movie, a ghost not only frightens a child, it beheads him.
Sometimes men see her as a temptress and a siren; she entices them to follow her, and then she frightens them with her horrible looks.