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McMillan and Alvarez returned from Los Alamos impatient to try out new approaches they had conceived to address that old bugaboo, the relativistic barrier to higher energies. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Here’s another bugaboo that English teachers used to get worked up over. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had re-membered the stories of her childhood, the most loathly and ancient bugaboo her nurse had ever frightened her with. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
By casting Gorbachev as an embattled personification of hope and change, he hopes to mold the West’s perception of Russia as the big bad bugaboo into something a bit more sober-minded. Werner Herzog: 'I'm not a pundit. Don't push me into that corner' 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z
Mr. Holland and his team first tackle the assassination’s most familiar bugaboos: the so-called magic bullet that is presumed to have passed through Kennedy and also wounded Gov. Television Review: ?JFK: The Lost Bullet? on National Geographic - Review 2011-11-18T23:15:27Z
Each gallery of “If You Lived Here” is a kind of contest among objects, where the determining factors include familiarity, placement and that old formalist bugaboo, “presence.” Art Review: ?If You Lived Here, You?d Be Home by Now? at Bard - Review 2011-08-25T22:30:54Z
The common thread in all of these plots is the usage of interracial couples as tools to explore America's bugaboos surrounding race, not as distinct people or unique unions. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z
My brother, I recently discovered, suffers as well, though his condition operates at a simmer compared with my boil; his bugaboos are pen clicking and throat clearing. Many people find the sound of chewing annoying. But for some, it produces panic or rage. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z
“They are the revelations of leakers, out to damage their bugaboo national security behemoth.” Trump-Ukraine whistleblower is part of long tradition 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z
It seems to me that it can all be traced to three familiar bugaboos: 1. Critic?s Notebook: There?s a Canine Conspiracy! Television Reveals It! 2011-01-07T18:32:10Z
Yet despite the song’s uninhibited raunch, its popularity was partly earned from one of the music industry’s oldest bugaboos: self-censorship. Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Proves Music’s Dirty Secret: Censorship Is Good Business 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z
There are far too many examples to list in this article, so just consider one: the bugaboo of many new atheist figures, “identity politics.” Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z
And there is an enormous treadmill built into the floor, surrounded by video cameras to help map out the stretch of seams and — that bugaboo — coverage of material. Lululemon’s Kumbaya Capitalism 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z
But Zeitlin’s real bugaboo extends beyond his control – his cinema has fallen out of vogue. The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z
And yet—I am a voracious eater with only one bugaboo: regular Coke. Body of work: Women writers on disordered eating, writing the body and the book launch diet 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z
Paltrow charges that Project Prevention perpetuates the racist bugaboo of the “crack baby,” which has served Harris well in winning funds from some high-profile Republican Party extremists. Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z
And there's an intelligence in that rendering, as if she admirably recognizes that she doesn't want her kids to inherit her bugaboos. "And Just Like That," Charlotte reminds us of the longstanding fatphobia in "Sex and the City" 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z
Among the ranks of nobles and professors, there’s one bugaboo from his filmography in particular that continues to haunt him, and finally accepting it reoriented his entire understanding of success. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z
And much of the current anxiety, anguish and virtue-signaling playing out on Twitter, TikTok and elsewhere is rooted in those twin confidence-busting bugaboos: fear of the unknown and loss of control. What we’re really fighting about when we fight about gas stoves 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z
But I wonder if sugar, the current nutrition bugaboo, even matters given that they’re all composed mainly of processed grains. Breakfast was the most important meal of the day — until America ruined it 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z
Even bugaboos intended simply to instil terror generally behave in comprehensible ways. Tales of the unexplained: why these Monsters are entirely alien 2010-12-06T11:57:00Z
It is the climate change bugaboo that humans mostly either deny or ignore. The glaciers' last message | Horsey cartoon 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z
You have perhaps noticed that higher education is a current favorite bugaboo of Republicans on the rise. Opinion | Something Very Important for Democrats Just Happened in Pennsylvania 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z
Schmidt also attacked Kelly over state-administered grants to arts venues that later hosted drag shows, which have been a bugaboo for the right across the U.S. for months. Kansas governor’s race is close after abortion upheaval 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z
“That first inning has been my bugaboo in my career,” Irvin said. Brown drives in four runs to help A’s rally past Astros 8-5 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z
So many of our growing cultural bugaboos came to a head in our reckoning with Fauci. Perspective | Fauci carried all our angst and anger with patience and decency 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z
I remembered that Julia had written that what she wanted to do was to take the bugaboo out of French cooking, to make it accessible. Grace Young is ‘not going to shut up’ about saving Chinatowns 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z
The problem in the eyes of many pundits is the old bugaboo that President Bill Clinton’s political guru, James Carville, cited as the number one issue in every election: “It’s the economy, stupid!” The primitive mind of the electorate 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z
The health care law was such a bugaboo in 2010 that Democrats rarely invoked it as they went into a midterm election that turned out to be, in Obama’s own words, a “shellacking.” Biden-Obama: White House reunion to celebrate health law 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z
“We came back out in the third quarter, and it was just really a bugaboo for us,” Indiana Coach Teri Moren said. U-Conn. surges past Indiana and into 16th straight Elite Eight 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z
Market risk, or principal risk is the potential for the stock and bond markets to kick you in the teeth, and it’s the big bugaboo for most investors. Now is the time to embrace all of the risks 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z
So I thought, well, when I write my book, I’m gonna take the bugaboo out of Chinese cooking and demystify it. Grace Young is ‘not going to shut up’ about saving Chinatowns 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z
That could help the Bearcats counter their bugaboo, their 101st-ranked strength of schedule. The top seven of the CFP rankings stay put, led by Georgia, Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z
Slow starts have long been the Broncos’ bugaboo, but Shurmur is now 0 for 21 on opening drive touchdowns in Denver. Slow starts, goal line glitches, 3rd down woes haunt Broncos 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z
The category of “people we can make fun of” includes the obvious targets — celebrities, royals and politicians, The New York Times — as well as left-wing Twitter bugaboos Glenn Greenwald and Thomas Chatterton Williams. If Gawker Is Nice, Is It Still Gawker? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z
Starting fast takes discipline and not just on offense or defense but on special teams, the Broncos’ biggest bugaboo for the last few seasons and again this summer. Broncos’ top priority: breaking out of their September swoon 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z
Those trying to distract us with the bugaboo of critical race theory fail to see how much we all need not only a reckoning with slavery and its legacies, but examples of courage and persistence. Review | A humble cloth sack tells a story of enslavement and separation 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z
“We had little small bugaboos — it wasn’t engines failing,” Mr. Moskowitz said. They Love the Car That People Love to Hate 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z
It’s a big bugaboo, by the way, for many so-called currencies. Is there a future for bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic make their cases 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z
Socialists have been a long-running bugaboo, throughout the 19th, 20th and now the 21st centuries. Don't laugh at Mr. Potato Head: The right's culture-war obsessions are a threat to democracy 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z
Even today, members of the foreign-policy establishment pledge undying fealty to the same narrative framework, which still warns against the bugaboo of "isolationism" that threatens to prevent high-minded policymakers from exercising "global leadership." Reframing America’s role in the world 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z
In a section that described the higher proportion of cases among Hispanic children, the White House counsel's office wanted the CDC to add a reference to one of the president's favorite bugaboos, the Mexican border. Inside the fall of the CDC 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z
As distorted through the white gaze, these things become bugaboos or empty signifiers, interpreted however the white right chooses to. The Trump regime defends racism: At least they're being honest for once 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z
Problems funding nursing homes, a bugaboo in British politics since Margaret Thatcher privatized them in 1990, hobbled Mr. Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, whose proposal to raise resident fees was nicknamed the “dementia tax.” On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z
He talked about compromising on a longtime developer bugaboo: the California Environmental Quality Act, which often slows down projects because of long, drawn-out lawsuits. Give Newsom credit. He's trying it all to fight coronavirus and California's economic collapse 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z
Park’s putting, something of a bugaboo recently but normally a strength, was the biggest difference between her and the rest. Inbee Park wins her 20th LPGA title while also ending a nearly two-year victory drought - Golf Digest 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z
Cavuto also noted that the "big bugaboo" is intellectual property theft and currency manipulation perpetrated by the Chinese. Neil Cavuto on trade deal: If China follows through, it's a 'very big win' for Trump 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z
Let’s take a closer look at the bugaboos and blemishes infesting our nascent millennium: Perspective | Two decades in, this millennium has given us Stephen A. Smith and spoiled Boston fans 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z
Politically correct earnestness, the great bugaboo, was supposed to lead inexorably to a lowering of standards. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z
And what of Mexico, another Trump trade bugaboo? We’re losing Trump’s trade war 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z
LSU, having lived so long near the Alabama bugaboo in this Alabama era, had the gumption to calmly march 75 yards and 75 yards again when Alabama narrowed the lead to 33-27 and then 39-34. Joe Burrow and LSU stave off Alabama in an offensive, streak-busting showcase 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z
“One of our biggest bugaboos,” Shaw said of long plays. After 5-game skid, Colorado needs to win out for bowl berth 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z
For a lot of amateurs, poor alignment is a real bugaboo. The SQRDUP is a fun tool to make sure your alignment is close to perfect - Golf Digest 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z
The camera app did open quickly — that’s been a bugaboo for the Pixel 3 — and there are a few new features to talk about, though. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL hands-on: this time, it’s not about the camera 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z
Or, perhaps they’ll take advantage of the Falcons’ biggest early season bugaboo: turnovers. Colts’ improving defense faces tall task against Falcons 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z
Absentee voting has long posed a bugaboo for the Iowa caucuses that does not exist for other caucus states. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z
Back then, the NRA’s great bugaboo was that gun registration would enable the police to trace and confiscate hunting guns and pistols from every closet and nightstand in America. Opinion | To fix our gun crisis, we should revert back to ’60s gun laws 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z
This entails a fundamentally different approach to thinking about the bugaboo of Trump voters and the best way of sustaining the Democrats' newly-won House majority. Democrats' Trump-era quandary is familiar: Play offense or defense? It ought to be obvious by now 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z
“I just laugh, because it’s the Republicans—that’s their new bugaboo,” she said. Can Elizabeth Warren Win It All? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z
Notably absent from his long list of perps are trial lawyers, the preferred bugaboo of the right. Review | A venture capitalist’s solutions for our troubled legal system 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z
The biggest bugaboo for Finau has been his putting, and he gained almost five strokes on the field last week on the greens. Memorial Tournament 2019 picks, odds and predictions: Tiger Woods will tie an important record this week, says our PGA Tour caddie - Golf Digest 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z
Chief among his bugaboos: the tendency – de rigueur at the time – to conjugate for both the masculine and feminine in a sentence. Canadiens and Canadiennes in uproar as student paper takes stand on gender 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z
Shots with his wedges have long been his bugaboo. Perspective | Wackadoodles, weirdos and obsessives: Welcome inside the ropes at the Masters 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z
Houston has been plagued by inconsistent stretches within games, a bugaboo that can be partially explained by weaker play when Harden rests. Analysis | James Harden is the Rockets’ MVP, but their playoff hopes hinge on Chris Paul 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z
To those who would raise the bugaboo of subjectivity or instructor favoritism, please see the classroom motto: Life Is Not Fair. Opinion | An Adjunct Instructor’s Final Syllabus 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z
But while the second period has been a bugaboo for the Capitals the past two games, they picked up steam after the first intermission in Dallas. Capitals’ skid reaches three with a 2-1 OT loss in Dallas 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z
As the Capitals have steadily addressed each of their early-season issues that persisted through the first quarter of the season, back-to-back situations were the last bugaboo for the team. With plenty of help from John Carlson, Capitals storm back to beat Rangers 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z
The defeat raised another bugaboo for Michigan — under Harbaugh, the program had developed an exasperating habit of winning when favored, but stumbling in big games and losing to traditional rivals. Shea Patterson has helped make Michigan a national title contender - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
This week’s speech offered one possible explanation: In a White House consumed by chaos, Mr. Bolton is free to make his personal bugaboos those of the nation. Opinion | With all the world’s crises, this is John Bolton’s top concern? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z
It would have been peak England to get over their penalty bugaboo only to squander their next match against a weaker but far more pragmatic Swedish side. World Cup 2018: A Young and Swaggering England Defeats Sweden 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z
It combines the bugaboo of socialism with the irrational fear of immigrant hordes rampaging through the countryside. Opinion | Speak no more of socialism 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z
And in the Orioles’ 5-3 loss to the Mariners, that was his bugaboo again. Mariners stroll past the Orioles, 5-3 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
Mr. Van Noten said the deal was about long-term survival, not short-term growth — long-term survival being the bugaboo of the independent designer. Is the Independent Designer an Endangered Species? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z
For most people, this is the big bugaboo. Balance your portfolio to risks you can tolerate 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z
Amid the occasionally debated, alleged bugaboo of shooting in a monstrous cavern, nine of those teams have shot 50 percent or better in a game. Villanova beats Michigan to cap NCAA tournament of surprises with a dominant show 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z
It had a Big 12 regular-season champion, a Big 12 tournament champion and a team tough enough to outlast Duke and quell an Elite Eight bugaboo. Villanova vs. Kansas: Wildcats’ three-point shooting too much for the Jayhawks in 95-79 win 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z
The navigation and Bluetooth components — two bugaboos I typically run up against in higher-priced cars because they're overdone — synced instantaneously, even when navigating odd, swampy roads and multiple iPhones from a string of different drivers. Jaguar roars into the new golden era for station wagons 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z
In the 1980s and 1990s, Japan and fellow Asian “tigers” like Taiwan were the bugaboos threatening U.S. industry. Walling Off China Won’t Erase U.S. Trade Deficits 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
They all suffer from the same bugaboo: too much respect, either for the brand or the consumer. Sweatpants Forever! 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z
A personal bugaboo that may have to do with this is the decimation of honor. Opinion | The Sterile Society 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z
By issuing a temporary stay of the Jones Act, long a bugaboo of proponents of free trade, President Trump has set off a new round of calls for reforming the law — or outright repealing it. Analysis | The Energy 202: Hurricanes Irma and Harvey renew calls to ax obscure shipping law 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z
Jay Gruden is a former quarterback, so one of his personal bugaboos is not surprising: run your gosh-darn routes right, or else. The quarterback in Jay Gruden comes out when teaching route-running 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z
That rib and the other custom features in the Hogan drivers virtually eliminated his bugaboo, the unexpected hook. We put Ben Hogan's old clubs in modern tour pros hands. The results weren't pretty - Golf Digest 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z
Barone’s entire piece goes back to the Republican bugaboo of the infamous tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch last year. National Review finds a way to blame Hillary Clinton for the James Comey mess 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z
The Wizards collected 16 steals — Kelly Oubre Jr. performed as a defensive bugaboo with five — and blocked seven shots. John Wall and Wizards turn back Hawks, 115-99, move on to Eastern Conference semifinals 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z
Alas, Westinghouse still fell prey to the old bugaboos of the nuclear industry — delays and cost overruns. Opinion | A bankruptcy that’s bad news for climate policy 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z
He uses North Carolina as a bugaboo, warning that its recent conservative social laws cost the state jobs and business ­opportunities. citing the jobs and opportunities lost when that state passed bathroom-gender legislation. McAuliffe poised to break record for most vetoes by a Virginia governor 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z
Blisters are one of the most common bugaboos of physical activity. An Easy Way to Prevent Blisters? Try Tape 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z
Washington’s recurring bench issues have contributed to the team’s other bugaboo this season — a dismal road record. Wizards pick a perfect moment to make their move in the East 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
They sought to find, The Times reported, “a cure-all for the overemphasis bugaboo and lightening the load which modern conditions now put upon the football coach.” Alabama Win in 1926 Rose Bowl Put Southern Stamp on College Football 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z
The Broncos’ bugaboo this season is their run defense. Broncos’ beat-down of Brady led to some changes 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z
No matter your personal bugaboo and concern — the health-care system, taxes, Social Security and more — political risk is where what happens in D.C. affects your long-term planning. As far as your portfolio, now’s not the time to do anything 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z
He also represents uncertainty, one of the biggest bugaboos for markets. With Trump in the White House, what do I do with my 401(k)? 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z
The Washington Capitals already know how to handle the regular season; it’s the playoffs that have become their bugaboo. You’ve read this Capitals column before. No, literally. 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z
For 19 long, previous Grand Slams, a player once freighted with “next great hope” bugaboo traveled far, stayed briefly, exited briskly: 13 first rounds, six second rounds, boom. Once America’s next great hope, Ryan Harrison is finally finding his way 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z
The media have an answer for that, too — essentially that these folks have been the primary casualties of globalization and immigration, Trump’s twin bugaboos. It’s not the economy, stupid! How Trump succeeds by saying what many voters think 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z
This is every investor’s big bugaboo, and it applies to both stock and bond investing. Politics one risk fund investors don’t worry much about 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z
The big bugaboo is the 14 elected officials who perch in City Hall. DEBORAH SIMMONS: D.C. parking meters are curbside robberies 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z
Two days later, the writers had a flare-up over “relatability,” that network bugaboo. “Black-ish” Transforms the Family Sitcom 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z
NRA leaders also say that Garland voted to uphold that classic gun lobby bugaboo: a federal “registry” of gun owners. Don’t believe the NRA’s hype about President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z
By now, illegal immigration is to the GOP what global warming is to the Democrats: the all-purpose bugaboo that is supposed to explain nearly every problem and whose redress must be part of every solution. The Cruz Imposture 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z
Additionally, turnovers have been a slight bugaboo, with Washington tied for seventh in turnover rate. The up-tempo Wizards are good, but here’s how they could be better 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z
Indeed, because, like CRISPR-Cas9, it does not involve taking genes from one organism and implanting them in another, it will not count as “transgenic”, a bugaboo of campaigners and customers alike. Even CRISPR 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z
Tomlin would like to see Pittsburgh’s offense finish more drives in the end zone instead of bogging down, a bugaboo that cost the Steelers early last season too. Steelers trying to fix communication problems 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z
No, it’s not a bomb, underground al-Qaeda network, hurricane, alien invasion, asteroid, animatronic Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man or any other favorite bugaboo of the silver screen. New York City’s bizarre uproar over topless women 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z
In a moment that could have been a major stumbling block, Kasich was asked about his decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, a major GOP bugaboo. John Kasich: The surprising standout of the GOP debate 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z
Soon after, she dreamt up “Infernal Regions”, a tour “in very bugaboo style” through Dante’s underworld. Reading American cities: books about Cincinnati 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z
EMP weapons have become a bugaboo in certain conservative circles over concern that a high-altitude nuclear explosion over the U.S. could fry much of the nation’s electronics. Drumbeats of Possible War with Iran Grow Louder 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z
Candidates seemed to compete against each other to demonstrate their opposition to rightwing bugaboos like the nuclear deal with Iran, abortion and gay marriage. Donald Trump is the elephant in the room at conservative summit in Iowa 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z
It's been a party bugaboo since the 2012 presidential elections and Republicans still haven't settled on a way to handle it. Tracing the 2016 Fault Lines 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z
By doing this, though, you would create one of the bugaboos of bioethics: a genetically modified human. To the crack of doom 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
“He’s our leader and he set the tone early. I thought the second quarter was our bugaboo. We just couldn’t score in the second quarter. He set the tone, played his heart out.” Kyle Lowry’s disastrous series for the Raptors continues in Game 3 against the Wizards 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z
Our grammatical sloppiness is even more basic than those common bugaboos. 5 Simple Grammar Mistakes That Even Smart Students Make 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z
One particular bugaboo plaguing motorists these days is their increasing frustration with the gaggle of gadgets automakers are including on models in virtually all classes and price points. The Most Irritating New-Car Features 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z
Ah, yes – the bugaboos of data integration and data management: no news there. When Big Data Projects Go Wrong 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z
They had communism then as the bugaboo to justify these kinds of acts, now they have Islamic terrorism. What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z
"As far as the diversified industrials, the big bugaboo the last month is if you have a higher concentration of sales in China and Europe," said Charlie Smith, chief investment officer at Fort Pitt Capital. Earnings could halt stock selloff in U.S. conglomerates 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z
One of its bugaboos was former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s drive to curtail sales of large servings of sugared soda in New York City. Elizabeth Whelan, Who Challenged Food Laws, Dies at 70 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z
The first inning has been a bugaboo for Colon all season. Rangers power past Mets 5-3 to stop slide 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z
Some of them are problems for me, while others seem to be bugaboos for pretty much everyone. 7 Harmful Diet Lies You Probably Believe 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z
It’s a perennial bugaboo: Most investors don’t understand the relationship between risk and return. Why You Need to Take More Risk in Your 401(k) 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z
That the group probably skews toward the “geek set” might not even be a terrible thing in that the earliest adopters are most likely to find the flaws and bugaboos with the product. Google Is Finally Letting Everyone Buy Glass, Please Don't 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z
But the inability to overcame shoddy fielding behind him has become a recurring bugaboo for Strasburg. Nationals vs. Phillies: Washington scores three runs in eighth inning to rally for 5-3 win 2014-05-03T02:47:00Z
Islamic fundamentalism, the particular bugaboo of Dawkins and Harris, is more recent still, a metaphysical uprising against late modernism and the global force of Western consumer culture. America: Stupidly stuck between religion and science 2014-04-12T16:30:00Z
Not that there has been much to pass to inside; recruiting “bigs“ has also been a bugaboo. Ken Bone hasn’t been able to make his plan work at WSU 2014-02-24T23:49:43Z
Then cholesterol became the big bugaboo, and all of a sudden, we were being lectured to limit our consumption of eggs to four a week, if any. 7 foods that were supposed to be incredibly unhealthy — but are actually anything but 2014-02-21T14:09:00Z
As for the “profit thing,” that’s a traditionalist’s bugaboo, as if somehow making money was tangential to good journalism. Inside Forbes: Innovative Models + Social Products = Growing, Engaged Audiences 2013-11-18T14:10:00Z
While on the phone, David also brought up the bugaboo of brand dilution in connection with our contributor model and our native ad business. Inside Forbes: The Role of Native Advertising in Our Search for a New Media Equation 2013-09-23T13:14:00Z
That particular bugaboo seemed to be under control last season, but it’s reared its head again Sunday, with seven for 78 yards. Washington Redskins: They’re offensive, and there’s no defense for it 2013-09-16T17:49:00Z
Consider how he embodies nearly every Republican bugaboo: 1. Why Larry Summers Bailed on the Fed 2013-09-16T09:52:40Z
But over the long term it is likely to require much more investment in a big bugaboo of the environmental movement: nuclear power. Economic Scene: Coming Full Circle in Energy 2013-08-20T20:31:30Z
"I really want to knock this June bugaboo," he said. Wainwright has rough 1st as Cards lose to Cubs 4-2 2013-06-19T05:07:08Z
Atlanta dealt with an old bugaboo in the second half: free throw shooting. Smith scores 29 to lead Hawks past Pacers 102-91 2013-04-30T02:37:12Z
So aside from his Medicaid and Medicare reforms, plus a few Tea Party bugaboos like clean energy loans and high-speed rail, Ryan left any specific cuts up to congressional committees. Viewpoint: Ryan's Latest Budget: Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution 2013-03-13T14:35:25Z
The penalty bugaboo hasn't been much of an issue lately. Seahawks review: Three likes and dislikes about the 28-24 loss to Detroit 2012-10-29T18:43:23Z
And so Pete Carroll's first year of big expectations starts with a major bugaboo. Seahawks' fourth-quarter failures familiar, costly 2012-09-10T04:38:07Z
His bugaboos are qualitatively different than the usual issues that compel over regulation. The big soda ban and Michael Bloomberg's struggle against vulgarity 2012-06-05T18:10:00Z
There may be haggling over how to handle intellectual property and access to data, for example, but Suresh says the biggest bugaboo is often agreeing on common standards for peer review. A Global Standard for Peer Review 2012-05-14T18:22:02Z
In fact, their fundamental thinking never changed, nor did their relationship with that bugaboo called The Establishment. Power to the People: The Real Social Media Revolution Has Just Begun 2012-02-23T14:31:42Z
It was probably a bugaboo, born of nervousness, resulting from sympathy with the desperate condition of the queen. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z
The French--bugaboo that had given his predecessor sleepless nights, only to prove afterwards the most vulgar of post-cœnal nightmares--were actually present in the flesh at last. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
Haven't you lived long enough to escape from fear of this 'marriage bond' bugaboo? Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
Another factor is that health-care costs, the bugaboo of most labor negotiations, was not at issue here. Contract for New York?s Hotel Union Is Seen by Some as Special Case 2012-02-09T02:03:51Z
The great bugaboo of the Provisional government and its moderate members was the radical brethren of the very same Patriotic party. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z
In time he would no doubt fully realize what impotent bugaboos were his vague terrors, and would be reconciled to the world at large through the medium of the Owl Patrol. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z
Slow starts have been a recent bugaboo for the Capitals and for early portions of their contest against New York the trend continued. Capitals vs. Rangers: Alexander Semin?s two goals, Tomas Vokoun?s 31 saves spark victory 2011-12-29T03:30:06Z
His name became coupled with fabulous tales of savage cunning and cruelty, and served as a household bugaboo the country over. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z
They had come to look upon him as a myth, a bugaboo. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z
Sadly, the phrase “hidden hands” remains a part of Egypt’s political rhetoric more than 50 years later — an invitation for every Egyptian to write in the name of his or her favorite bugaboo. Opinion: After Egypt?s Revolution, Christians Are Living in Fear 2011-11-20T02:18:04Z
Hong Kong beats the United States, but mainland China — that bugaboo of American employment protectionists — does not. Economix Blog: Is Overregulation Driving U.S. Companies Offshore? 2011-11-07T17:52:45Z
Britannia is being robbed of her cherished possessions, even Malta being on the point of being wrested from her; while the bugaboo of an invading army looms large upon the horizon. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z
FINAL: Real Salt Lake 2, Sounders FC 1, game thread NEW - 9/10, 12:28 PM An uncharacteristic gaffe and a familiar bugaboo got Sounders FC off to a dreadful start Saturday. Sounders FC loses at home to Real Salt Lake, 2-1 2011-09-10T22:38:22Z
He was a myth, a bugaboo—elusive as the buzz of a mosquito around your ear. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z
A: "The Road" has been the traditional bugaboo for UH since, well, the days of ship travel. Five questions on Hawaii 2011-09-08T16:37:05Z
So put that bugaboo out of your mind. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z
The unforeseen logistical problems of the theater’s design were the real bugaboo. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: A Final Scorecard for the RSC 2011-08-18T20:30:58Z
"Cleveland is a particular bugaboo for us because it is right on the air route" with no seismic equipment, Power said. Aleutian volcano shows signs of impending eruption 2011-07-22T02:33:14Z
This I soon learned was the fundamental principle of the sensitive art of the mortician—to scrap all the old stage properties of the bugaboo type of undertaker. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
I can see your trouble isn’t going to be such a bugaboo after all. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z
"Any man would have been scared with this great ugly bugaboo whooping and yelling, and jumping backward and forward over his head, and beating him with his own cane." The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z
The East's 4 seed can even avoid its biggest bugaboo by playing at neutral sites and at hostile arenas. Dauster: 10 teams who can win, and five who can't 2011-03-14T06:14:35Z
If you had as much of it as I have you would understand——Come, dismiss the bugaboo, or I shall think you have entrapped me here to talk to me about the post-office. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z
That's a bugaboo that the liberals right now are trying to throw out to scare the American people. GOP Hopefuls Cheer for Spending Showdown 2011-03-01T06:00:00Z
It is the bugaboo of the Filipino mothers with which they threaten refractory children. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
It will be said, as it is said, that the much-dreaded contamination of blood is the merest bugaboo. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z
Thus, we were once more fairly at our ease; the bugaboo of arrest and subsequent lying in jail seemed a remote contingency. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z
It's been a bugaboo for the last few games. Game thread: Washington at Oregon's Mac Court finale 2011-01-08T21:58:04Z
She found that, after all, white prejudice was not so much a bugaboo as she had imagined. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z
It could be that the so cried-up ferocity of the Dulanganes bugaboo was invented by the Moros for their own ends, according to a note in one of the letters of Father Moré. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
It's been a bugaboo in before in this short season. Isaiah Thomas: "You can't have one loss turn into two" 2010-11-24T07:43:00Z
And by a team that was earlier a bugaboo, Arizona State. How will NCAA fill 35 bowl games if it doesn't have enough eligible teams? 2010-10-27T00:44:00Z
He says he was ridiculed by agency managers for "raising the bugaboo of radiation." Feds reopen probe into medical scanner approvals 2010-09-28T18:57:00Z
Where “Engaging Nature” falters is in skimming across the surface of objects and ignoring that sticky art bugaboo, context. | New Jersey: A Harmonic View of Nature, in a Cultural Tangle 2010-09-04T00:24:00Z
They were always the bugaboo of the Spaniards, and the terror of the Indians of the other provinces. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
Foreclosures Pose Potential Trouble on Election Day Home foreclosures, the epidemic spawned by the crash of the real estate market, are once again a potential election-year bugaboo. Foreclosures Pose Potential Trouble on Election Day 2010-09-01T16:38:00Z
It has been the cause of Woods' most persistent bugaboo -- getting "stuck." Who Is Sean Foley? 2010-08-17T04:00:00Z
Fox's other black bugaboo, the New Black Panther Party, couldn't get 50 people to a rally, let alone 5,000. "It's like the damn Planet of the Apes!" 2010-08-06T22:07:00Z
“Where are their horror camps?” he asked, referring to right-wing bugaboos like Sweden, with its generous welfare spending. Essay: Hayek: The Back Story 2010-07-10T20:20:00Z
Beijing's gradual approach to currency reform is a perennial bugaboo in relations with Washington. China's currency move aims to ease trade criticism 2010-06-21T17:39:00Z
While starting pitching after Strasburg has been the most recent bugaboo, the Nationals have not played like a contending -- or even mediocre -- team for roughly a month. Nationals lose to Tigers, 8-3; fall four games under .500 2010-06-17T04:00:00Z
Cosmic rays and radioactivity from the surrounding rock are the big bugaboos of dark matter experiments. Particle Detector Shows Promise, if Nothing Else 2010-05-03T23:30:00Z
Minutes of a May 12, 2009, meeting, for instance, reveal that an agency manager, Joshua Nipper, dismissed the scientists’ concerns by saying, “We don’t need to be reinventing a big bugaboo about radiation.” Scientists Say F.D.A. Ignored Radiation Warnings 2010-03-29T04:25:00Z
That flexibility allows the program to address male clients' particular diet bugaboos. Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig offer programs for men who want to shed pounds 2010-03-25T04:00:00Z
Another problem made worse by the increased use of unmanned intelligence collectors is the old bugaboo of interservice rivalry. Predator gains put focus on data overload 2010-03-23T04:00:00Z
"Everybody in the alliance has their own particular bugaboo," she said. Brewing tensions between the Tea Party and GOP 2010-03-18T15:13:00Z
This, to a great extent, is a mere bugaboo, or an excuse to knock out the trapper. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.
“I was fighting down a little bugaboo of fear,” she grinned. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines
The child should also be protected against being frightened, being made afraid in the dark, told of spooks, bugaboos, "the old beggar-man" and the police coming for them. What a Young Husband Ought to Know
What shall I do about that great bugaboo which scares millions of people to death every year—Constipation? The Science of Being Well
And the laugh that followed helped a little to scare away the bugaboo his words had raised in my mind. Life on the Stage
I do simplify, doubtless, if to simplify is to fail to comprehend the insanity of a passion that bewilders a young blockhead with bugaboo barriers, with hideous and monstrous sacrifices. The Spoils of Poynton
Save as all life has its hardships, these special hardships are a bugaboo that does not exist. The American Country Girl
"Prison labor" was not then the bugaboo it has since become to "organized labor." Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2
He boarded the train and went steaming off, but he could not get rid of his bugaboo. Checkers A Hard-luck Story
Instead of that, you and I are going to hold your bugaboo up to the light, and see just what it is and how small it is. The Girl in the Mirror
Its very name is a political bugaboo and makes it a party impossibility in those states. The Ballotless Victim of One-Party Governments The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 16
I wonder what sort of a bugaboo he made me out to be? Upon The Tree-Tops
The State, it appears, is the same bugaboo to the syndicalists that it is to the anarchists. Violence and the Labor Movement
"You've been lecturing me about various things," she went on, "and now you bring up Talpers as a sort of bugaboo to frighten me." Mystery Ranch
Mr. Pinkney seemed a good deal like a bugaboo to the little Corner House girls; he was held over Sammy's head often as a threat of dire punishment. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended
But fear, as of formless bugaboos in the dark, burned in her heart at the idea of his influence perhaps being able, creepily, stealthily, to convert Gerald. Aurora the Magnificent
In spite of any bugaboo we shall remain a Federal republic and a free people. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1
Marx, Engels, and Eccarius, as we know, ridiculed Bakounin's terror of the State; and how many times since have the socialists been compelled to deal with this bugaboo! Violence and the Labor Movement
“What a bugaboo you Protestants make of Roman Catholicism!” he cried. Carmen Ariza
The forest fire was to them not a tradition or a bugaboo. The Shepherd of the North
On the 16th, Senator N. C. Simmons, a former leader of the anti-suffrage forces, issued an appeal for ratification, ridiculing Governor Pleasant's "negro peril" bugaboo. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI
To the unenlightened business man, Time is a bugaboo—a gambler whose cards are stacked and against whom there is no defense. About sugar buying for jobbers How you can lessen business risks by trading in refined sugar futures
One of the bugaboos of the opposition was that women would be compelled to sit on juries. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Without fear––which is at best a cowardly bugaboo, the world would be heaven.” The Spoilers of the Valley
“The bugaboos will catch you here in these dark woods.” A Dear Little Girl at School
Their vote proved to be anything but the "bugaboo" politicians had tried to show that it would be and in some instances it was a contributing factor to good government. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI
The Brownell place was one of the delightful bugaboos of their childhood. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards
They both had a good laugh, for they feared nothing in this Universe; least of all that great bugaboo, poverty. A California Girl
He had proved himself a harmless bugaboo, and she would not be afraid of him, meet him where she might—so she felt then. The Brass Bound Box
“There isn’t such a thing as bugaboos,” returned Edna stoutly, “and I should be very silly to think so, but something will catch you if you don’t look out.” A Dear Little Girl at School
As I appeared, this bugaboo, who had caused all the excitement, recognized me as a friend and ran toward me, crying piteously. A Bird-Lover in the West
The stage dancer does not have this difficulty with her voice, and if trained right while acquiring her art should never be subjected to the bugaboo of fear. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession
Squirrels, we said; for those beasts were the bugaboo of the woods to its feathered inhabitants. Little Brothers of the Air
The “Thugs” of India are no more an idle dream nor a bugaboo to frighten children and old women than are the Mafia and the Roman Jesuit to-day. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology
Ruth and Helen, not to mention their fleshy chum, were soon at their ease with their neighbors; nor did Miss Comstock prove such a bugaboo as they feared. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers
He either did not see me, or else decided that I was not a bugaboo. Our Bird Comrades
I had mentioned my boyish terror of bears, wolves, and other bugaboos of childhood, and Sam responded with his yarn. The Grain Ship
Dear Mother:—- I had no sooner closed this morning’s addenda than I had to prepare for the bugaboo of tent inspection. At Plattsburg
Throughout Pleasant Valley the very name of Grumpy Weasel was a bugaboo. The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales
His book, "Practical Harmony," imparts a, to us, novel method of disarming the bugaboo of altered chords of many of its notorious terrors. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
The big boiler, the "bugaboo" of my dreams all summer, lay on the bank. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Her crazed imagination peopled the forest with weird uncanny things, and fearful tales she told of fays and bugaboos, of spectres and awful voices speaking from out the dank stillness of twilight hollows. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia
A good bugaboo, of course, as at home it always pays to have visitors, we redd up the house so carefully. At Plattsburg
Said the frisky flea— For what cared she For the miseree The spider knew, When, tiddle-de-doo, The flea ran off with the bugaboo! The Holy Cross and Other Tales
An overemphasis on the hereditary factor in development at the expense of the environmental factor, I call a heredity bugaboo; and it is a tendency which cannot be too strongly condemned. Civics and Health
So that bugaboo of yours was merely a harmless peasant in quest of fodder for his cow, and he took fright at sight of us and253 ran away. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania
The escape had been fairly easy and with a minimum of fuss, and he was immeasurably light-hearted, now that the report card bugaboo was off his mind. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life
Latin was still a bugaboo to Steve, but it, too, was getting easier. Left End Edwards
The former type, although something of a bugaboo ever since the time of Malthus, has in reality relatively little effect on the human race at present. Applied Eugenics
Heredity bugaboos dishearten, enervate, encourage excesses and neglect. Civics and Health
I have friends to-day, grown up men and women, who cannot go into a dark room, anywhere, without a shiver and shudder of nameless dread, which began with that same black bugaboo. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post
By the night of the meeting it was clear that that bugaboo of politicians, a general apathy, had blanketed the candidate's own community. The Henchman
As he neared the heart of it, it, too, took on an unknown quantity more terrible than the bugaboo of the shadows and the dark. The Way of the Wind
For we are painfully aware that the bugaboo of the declining birth-rate of superior people has been raised so often in late years, that it has become stale by repetition. Applied Eugenics
Science has wrought no benefits greater than those which result from drawing a clear line between heredity bugaboos and heredity truths. Civics and Health
There is neither originality of conception nor intelligence of execution to redeem their hideousness: their horror is of the simplest bugaboo kind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.
I should have gone 'clean daft' if the bugaboo had been permitted to show me the sights they presently promised. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
"Evidently the saloon men think I am a child to be frightened with these bugaboos, which have figured in every sensational story since the time of Captain Kidd." The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
The fear of an invasion of Western Europe by the Slav races is a bugaboo set afloat by Germany, who also propagates the bugaboo of a Japanese invasion of North America. The Audacious War
"Physical deterioration" is a bugaboo that is discovered by some in heredity and by others in modern industrial evils. Civics and Health
Talk about German efficiency—that phrase, "German efficiency," has become a bugaboo to frighten the world. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front
This devil of a poem so haunts our history that it has become as familiar a spirit as Mrs. Radcliffe's bugaboo apparitions, and our flesh refuses any longer to creep at it. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
And they range from the historical tale, the love story, and the tale of adventure to the bugaboo story and the fable. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
They lounged lazily along through the beautiful forest a few paces behind Rose, who was too much afraid of bugaboos to allow herself to get far away from her mistress. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest
They were fearless children by nature and had been trained without the use of bugaboos to keep them in the paths wherein they should go. A Little Book for Christmas
One must not be deterred by this unfounded bugaboo of discomfort if one wishes a room or house done after the great period styles of the eighteenth century. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today
This particular hoax related to that silly old bugaboo of our boyhood days, the escaped and wandering wild man, ferocious, blood-loving, terrible. Twelve Men
The Northern blood was at fever heat, and an unwonted defiance of consequences, a fierce contempt of ancient political bugaboos marked the utterances of men erstwhile timid of speech upon all questions relating to slavery. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
The little Napoleon had been one of the premier's favorite bugaboo examples of stage realism tried out in real life. The Last Shot
How with the aid of this bugaboo the entire neutral world has been stirred up against us, after England made it the hypocritical excuse for her declaration of war! New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index
However, parents wishing to frighten their daughters away from the stage have naturally enough set up several great bugaboos collectively known as "temptations"—individually known as the "manager," the "public," etc. Stage Confidences
Even yet I have something like admiration for the ingenuity of my elders in conjuring up spooks, hob-goblins, and bugaboos with which to scare me into submission. Reveries of a Schoolmaster
You're a queer old extremist, anyway, with all your notions of duty and other bugaboos. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps
When we once get seated at our humble board in our rural cot I won't be afraid of any bugaboos, but I didn't want them brought up then. Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden
Her bugaboo is fear of sentiment and when it is too late, she remembers with a heart-break. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration
In fact, the great bugaboo that brought on the war would have been laid at rest. Who Goes There?
It is to check such unseemly "new-womanish" tendencies in their squaws that the Californians resorted to the bugaboo performances already referred to. Primitive Love and Love-Stories
Taig: I'm in dread of neither bumble or bagman or bugaboo! New Irish Comedies
That name was one of the freshest of his childhood recollections, the bugaboo of many nights of terror and alarm, when he would hide his trembling head under the clothes. The Torrent Entre Naranjos
Mindful of the age-old cry, 'What about the ball?' a committee was formed to pursue all possibilities with determination and with primary view to drastic reduction of breakage—a long-time bugaboo Squash Tennis
What was a man to do in a case like this, finding his big bugaboo no bugaboo at all? Wild Wings A Romance of Youth
We will hear less of the evils of reconstruction, now that the bugaboo has served its purpose by disfranchising the Negro. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays
At any rate you must all be ready now to judge the religious life by its results exclusively, and I shall assume that the bugaboo of morbid origin will scandalize your piety no more. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
The rainy day which is the bugaboo for the most of us, never seemed to show on his horizon. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
It is some old woman's bugaboo that you are haling out of a dark corner of your imagination to frighten yourself with. The Outlaw of Torn
Naturally, too, Bertram, still the tormented victim of the bugaboo his jealous fears had fashioned, was just in the mood to place the worst possible construction on his sweetheart's very evident unhappiness. Miss Billy's Decision
For me no terrors resided in the thought of bugaboos and wicked ogres. Before Adam
Fables of nurses; bugaboo for children; Jehovah for men. Les Misérables
But they have one bugaboo, and that is the wild dog. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades
Not only did I want to be helped over the thirteen bugaboo, but I have such a nice dinner partner for you. I Spy
Only in sex matters has it succeeded in keeping the bugaboo alive. Woman and the New Race
It would be well for us if the sins themselves were indeed such wretched bugaboos as he has painted for us. Among My Books Second Series
The bugaboo of strict propriety seems to take mysterious ascendancy. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures
Evidently Mr. Taft did not look upon Article X as the bugaboo that Mr. Lodge pretended it was, for he said: Article X covers the Monroe Doctrine and extends it to the world. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
The anarchist was the most terrifying bugaboo in Chicago, referred to as a kind of Asiatic plague that might break out at any time. The Web of Life
But Chrysippus protested against Plato's procedure on this point, declaring that the talk about punishment by the gods was mere 'bugaboo'. Guide to Stoicism
And now they mean to drive away the plague with singing—as if that bugaboo were a hater of music. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts
As the dog was being led through the woods he thought of what a bugaboo he had been to all the small animals and birds that lived there. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The ideal of the Country is a god, great and cruel, who will leave to the future the image of a sort of bugaboo Cronos, or of his Olympian son whom Christ superseded. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
Nurses will have to scare their refractory charges with another bugaboo; for the majority of Massachusetts infants would jump at the chance of being carried off by the once terrible Ugly Black Man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858
The peace of Europe," he said, "is a kind of bugaboo which diplomats use to frighten each other with, and even to frighten themselves with. Affairs of State
Let us ask, why, simply by being christened "public affairs," should they be turned into a great, horrid bugaboo, too dangerous for women even to think of? A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household
A "Federal army," the bugaboo of the opposition, had been brought into existence by this unwarranted use of the militia. The United States of America, Part 1
Only let us get at this bugaboo that is worrying you, my boy. Five Little Peppers and their Friends
"Not at you, at Fate—the great, big, bugaboo Fate." The Long Chance
The owl is the great bugaboo of the feathered tribes. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
And if you are going to scare with a bugaboo, it is best to look upon it one's self first. Yama: the pit
The fear of taking cold is so strong in many people that a draught of fresh air becomes a bugaboo to their contracted, sensitive nerves. The Freedom of Life
It isn't a bugaboo," said Percy, with open eyes; "it's a plan, Grandpapa. Five Little Peppers and their Friends
There—that is the prodigious bugaboo, in its entirety! Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885)
The great bugaboo of the birds is the owl. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers
And above all political issues loomed the Bank, the monopoly that became the laborer's bugaboo and Andrew Jackson's opportunity to rally to his side the newly enfranchised mechanics. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners
Such men find it easy to transform into a bugaboo any one who appears to them to be acting irregularly. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South
Up hops in every mind those twin bugaboos, the Infant Hospital and the Orphan Asylum. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
All sorts of atrocities ensued, and Black Hawk's name became a household bugaboo the country over. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond
For the bugaboo of losing Nikky to his regiment was always in the back of his small head. Long Live the King!
If you have, I may venture to leave it to you to inspect it closely, and see whether it contains any of those "bugaboos" which frighten Judge Douglas. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates
You know already that I am not afraid of bugaboos. Dona Perfecta
I read no "Night Thoughts"—no fustian about churchyards—no bugaboo tales—such as this. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
Nevertheless, if they were only bugaboos, and mere Shadows caused by Imperial hand-lanterns in the general Night of the world,—ought they to be spoken of in the family, when avoidable? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05
It was his duty to guard me against bugaboos, but I have had no fear of them, since one of them has become my friend. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels
The bugaboo of the undesirable alien was no longer bothering official heads in Washington. The Drums of Jeopardy
But the child coughed and pined, and old Daniel began to look forward to spring and summer—the seasons which had been his bugaboos through life—as if they were angels. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories
This phrase in Katie's nursery had taken the time-honored place of bugaboos, and hobgoblins, and men under the bed. A Biography of Sidney Lanier
His character was philosophic, his imagination calm; no bugaboos came to trouble him. Penrod and Sam
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