| 单词 | bugbear |
| 例句 | This didn’t matter too much if you were using the telescope to identify a ship at sea, but it was a major bugbear for the accurate work required in astronomy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z One-eyed ogres and giant spiders stole into Meggie’s sleep, hounds of hell, witches who ate children, all the bugbears she had ever met in stories. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every critic has a bugbear, and whenever you see the word “nice” in one of Hamrah’s reviews, you know he believes that something has gone awry — or maybe not awry enough. In ‘The Earth Dies Streaming,’ Film Criticism That Transcends Raves and Pans 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z If traditional media is the bugbear of professional athletes, social media is the domain of the N.B.A. LeBron James’s “The Shop” Reinvigorates the Celebrity Interview 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z This is especially apparent when it comes to the idea of progress, Gray's abiding bugbear. The Silence of Animals by John Gray – review 2013-02-15T10:20:01Z Trump’s directive calls for a new policy to ban trans people from enlisting and cut off healthcare coverage for transition-related surgery, a bugbear for many Congressional conservatives, within six months. Transgender service members sue Trump administration for violating the constitution 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Mucking around with phones - even if silently - with bright screens is my current bugbear in the cinema, it's really distracting. Actors reveal stage interruptions 2012-12-24T02:23:51Z “It was a huge bugbear in the 1920s and 1930s,” he says of people using it as a verb. 5 Common Words That Used to Be Totally Unacceptable 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The bugbear is, always has been, the press. 'I hope I was evil ?' 2010-06-26T23:02:00Z My eternal bugbears are radio and TV weather forecasters, who seem to be under instruction to be permanently whizzy, all gaiety-Gordon-ain't-life-a-hoot. Is it wrong for a person to change their accent? 2013-04-20T16:59:01Z Top of Franco's bugbears was a sequence in which he was asked to dress in drag as Marilyn Monroe. James Franco felt 'trapped' as Oscars co-host 2011-07-11T14:03:14Z One of Hyde’s bugbears in films is the female character having a dramatic wake-up call. Sequins, eyeliner and loos: how female friendships on screen got real 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The language surrounding menstruation is a real bugbear for Quint. 'We're having a menstrual liberation': how periods got woke 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s been rewarded for this commitment, while a brand like Zumiez—the cheap, corporate bugbear of skaters around the world—continues to attract ire. The Flourishing of Skate Culture in a Sellout Era 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He has a fictional album called Now That's What I Call Chicken in a Basket and it features Sting, Simply Red and Phil Collins, a particular bugbear of his. Mark Billingham: my greatest mistake 2011-08-26T22:00:20Z It is unclear whether this is actually part of the scene, or just Coogan airing his own bugbear – though this blurred patch of reality is precisely where the series sits. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z Being misunderstood is a particular bugbear for the artist. Marina: 'Co-writing is killing pop' 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Beck also gets bogged down by his characters' frequent soliloquies, in which they inveigh against bank bailouts, big government and liberal bugbears like Saul Alinsky. Glenn Beck's Thriller Mixes Romance, Tea-Party Politics 2010-06-16T08:30:00Z Man-made monsters and their creators often seem obsessed with sex as well, which raises the spectre of that classic Hollywood bugbear, miscegenation. Anne Billson 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z After all, as that old bugbear of the American right, Saul Alinsky, once wrote: “The most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.” Nora Ephron’s genius early days 2012-06-27T20:20:00Z But films in which the bugbear is a tyrannical government are by no means a new phenomenon. The Giver: conservative parable or a Hollywood film like any other? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Its subject is a long-familiar bugbear of respectability and decency, the drug trade, which it looks at with a despicably ignorant and contemptuous perspective. “Peppermint,” Reviewed: Jennifer Garner Stars in an Ignorant, Racist Drug-Trade Revenge Film 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Another word that looms large in the film is communautarisme, a bugbear of French politics across the political spectrum. “Ouvrir la Voix”: A Radically Frank Documentary About the Experience of Black Women in France 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Unruly as his rhetorical strategies are, Ventura is ultimately quite convincing about the ineffectuality of the War on Drugs, and on the contradictions and corruptions of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a particular bugbear of his. Marijuana won big on election night: Four books to help process our new reality 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The show feels like a tour round Williams's mind – his bugbears, his fantasies, his comic fears and preoccupations. Bedwyr Williams: My Bad ? review 2012-05-19T23:05:32Z Soon to even mention these hoary old bugbears was considered de classe – the mark of a lazy or inexperienced writer in search of an easy target. Unseen Swells: 'I come not to slag off Coldplay, but to bury them' 2010-06-15T11:31:00Z It turns out that "access to good content" is his biggest bugbear. Jamie Oliver's FoodTube: why he's taking the food revolution online 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Vargas Llosa's novel about Paul Gauguin, The Way to Paradise, also suggests his ability as a fiction writer to return to an old bugbear – in this case destructive utopias – with deeper understanding. Llosa's life should not eclipse his work 2010-10-07T16:30:00Z Photograph: Murdo Macleod Maybe Tom Stoppard and Ken Follett would disapprove of using a blog to talk about their respective bugbears – the decline in the printed word and of writing standards. Anne Fine scores a perfect pen in Follett's book 2010-06-22T16:12:00Z My own bugbear is a book of stories for children – it might have been called Stories for Boys or Stories for Girls or something along those lines, and had a pale blue cloth cover. Can you identify the forgotten book? 2010-03-30T10:48:00Z This is a particular bugbear for fans of the "video nasties", which were often most memorable for their spectacularly outré cover designs. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up | Film 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Palmer's had a "desire to kill strangers" and "dog walkers seemed to be a particular bugbear of his". Peter Wrighton murder: Understaffing at trust that treated dog walker killer 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The government said this would be necessary for red lane checks but the lack of proper border controls posts at the ports has long been an EU bugbear. NI Protocol: UK and EU set to hold video call over NI Protocol 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He said another bugbear was people leaving donations outside shops when the shop was closed, something he said had worsened since many recycling centres had become appointment only. Charity shops: Sex toys and ashes among more bizarre donations 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The House speaker has long been a bugbear for the right, which has intensified its rhetorical blitz on her in recent years — even as extreme threats against members of Congress have increased. Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z There's unlikely to be shift in policy towards two Tory renewable bugbears with comparable price tags - onshore wind and solar. Liz Truss cabinet: Key ministers raise climate targets doubts 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It's a bugbear for many parents across the UK. Flexible firms take break from fixed bank holidays 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z "The biggest bugbear for people living with Type 1 is that it's such a misunderstood condition and I think a lot of people don't know how hard it is," she says. Type 1 diabetes: 'People don't know how hard it is' 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z One big bugbear that remains unaddressed, though, is the game’s reliance on internet connectivity to function. Gran Turismo 7’s developers apologize for the grind, promise fixes and a million free credits 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Hostility toward Russia generally cuts across political divisions but has been overshadowed by hostility toward Brussels, the ruling party’s favorite bugbear. For Some of Ukraine’s Neighbors, ‘Defend Europe’ Has Another Meaning 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Bridges serve as key economic links and stand out as icons or bugbears in communities across the country, with politicians regularly invoking the idea that they are “crumbling” to argue for new spending. $27 billion in new money aimed at fixing the nation’s aging bridges 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Progressive Ocasio-Cortez has become a conservative bugbear, and she noted that this is not the first time that she’s faced threats at her job. House to vote on censuring Paul Gosar over violent video aimed at AOC and Biden – live 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z And this gets at one of my bugbears, which, for better or worse, is economic growth. The Zambian Economist at the Crossroads of Global Business 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z It's said all politics is local - so they promise to tackle a key local bugbear - potholes - with a £200m Road Maintenance Fund. Scottish election 2021: Scottish Conservative policies explained 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z And, perhaps ironically, this might be helpful in reducing one of the bugbears of the modern age: political polarisation. Are political views shaped by personality traits? 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z In a bleak address, Alito took aim at abortion rights, same-sex marriage, gun control and other conservative bugbears. Justice Alito takes aim at abortion rights, gay marriage and Covid rules 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “I consider myself a Reagan Democrat. But if you ask the people of Fresno, I’m AOC,” he said, a reference to the progressive Congresswoman and conservative bugbear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 'The well's been poisoned': how mixed messaging on Covid battered California's Central Valley 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Density, far from being the bugbear of cities, will remain their great appeal. Dystopia or utopia? The future of cities could go either way | Chris Michael 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But my biggest bugbear at the moment is the well-meaning advice trotted out all the time by people who clearly have no real understanding of how life is for most people. They can lock me down, but they can't make me read Proust | Suzanne Moore 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z He also said class resentment, a perennial bugbear of France, had played a major role. A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The notion that Bolton, a longtime bugbear of Democrats who has worked in four Republican administrations, was operating furtively within the White House to advance liberal objectives bemused some who have dealt with him. Anatomy of a ‘smear’: How John Bolton became a target of the pro-Trump Internet 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Top of their list of demands is connectivity: rural broadband, long a bugbear of country-dwellers, and mobile phone coverage. General election: Corbyn claims Trump/Farage/Johnson pact poses threat to rights in UK – live news 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Islam – a frequent bugbear in Shea’s public speeches – is seen in dark hues by many members of the chat. Secret chats involving Republican lawmaker reveal fresh evidence of plots and paranoia 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Palmer's murder trial heard he had a "desire to kill strangers - dog walkers seemed to be a particular bugbear of his" and had told hospital staff he intended to hurt someone. 'Unfathomable' failure in dog walker killer's care 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Signs of progress on two bugbears -- the US debt ceiling, and the US-China trade war – is cheering the markets. Debt ceiling deal and trade war optimism lift markets - business live 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z A particular bugbear in the Fox News documentary was a poll claiming that 20% of Americans believed the moon landing was faked. One giant ... lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z My favorite iterations are self-deprecating gibes at the speaker’s own spiraling neuroses and bugbears. This Is What It Sounds Like When Brands Cry 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The arrival of another of Swift’s lyrical obsessions – the opinions of that latter-day bugbear, the Haters. Taylor Swift's singles – ranked! 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Misleading anthropomorphisms are another, all too familiar, bugbear. The return of cancer’s magic bullet 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Not that their relationship brings immunity from workplace bugbears. Mother-daughter duos: the new power couples of fashion 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z “I took Donald Trump’s portrait for my America series, started shortly after September 11th,” the bugbear of conservative politicians and religious groups told Vice. An artist famed for using his own urine just bought Trump’s wedding cake. His plans are a mystery. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The INF Treaty has long been a bugbear for the former U.N. ambassador, who is a skeptic of international agreements and organizations he sees as constraining American power. U.S. to withdraw from nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, raising fears of a new arms race 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The state of oratory is another one of his bugbears: he once wanted to be a political speechwriter. Chris O'Dowd: ‘I was the funny friend of the girls I fancied. It was a comfort’ 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z For years, I would manically separate the apples and pears in our fruit bowl any time my husband accidentally allowed them to co-mingle before I realised that this particular bugbear was Nigella’s, and not mine. Kitchen revolution: how Nigella Lawson changed food writing 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Long-standing industry bugbears such as ageism, white privilege and body negativity look ever more outrageous in the white-hot light of women’s fury. Review | Wanted: Fashion designers who truly respect women. Now more than ever. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Surely there were more necessary areas to improve, like at center back — a position that was Mourinho’s major bugbear in preseason. Sanchez spark still missing for Manchester United 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Surely there were more necessary areas to improve, like at center back - a position that was Mourinho’s major bugbear in preseason. Sanchez spark still missing for Manchester United 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Samsung’s other software bugbears are present on the Note 9, too. Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review: more, more, more 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z One of my main bugbears is the way it has become a smug form of virtue-signaling. We live in an age of anxiety – and we can’t blame it all on Trump | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Car exports to the U.S., which account for 0.7% of German GDP, according to Citigroup, are a particular bugbear for Mr. Trump. Tariff Troubles for Germany Won’t Stay in Germany 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z They add their own bugbears to that list. The politics of cultural censorship in Lebanon 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The ECB was modeled on Germany’s Bundesbank, which is also in Frankfurt, and has been criticized in the past for worrying too much about inflation, a German bugbear. ECB’s German Skew Raises Questions Over Draghi’s Successor 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr Spence said: "Particularly of note was his desire to kill strangers - dog walkers seemed to be a particular bugbear of his." Ex-soldier guilty of dog walker's murder 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z But the interest charges remain a bugbear for Seoul, which wants an audit of what it calls GM Korea’s “opaque” management before deciding whether to spend taxpayers’ money to help the unit. A question of interest at the heart of debate over GM Korea rescue 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Taxes - the perennial bugbear of the Republican party - are back in the spotlight in Washington. How does the US tax plan compare to other countries? 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z His most famous bugbear was Gloria Steinem, who in 1963, as a freelance journalist, published a riveting account of her undercover stint as a Playboy bunny. Hugh Hefner: fulsome tributes ignore Playboy founder's dark side 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Another bugbear is the law’s requirement for personal information. Europe’s capital markets face a big shake-up and are not ready 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z More recently, the enclave’s rule by Hamas, a Palestinian offshoot of Egypt’s own Islamist bugbear, the Muslim Brotherhood, made engagement toxic. Egypt’s surprising friendship with Hamas 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But the interest charges remain a bugbear for Seoul, which wants an audit of what it calls GM Korea’s “opaque” management before deciding whether to spend taxpayers’ money to help the unit. A question of interest at the heart of debate over GM Korea rescue 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Donald Trump on Sunday paused his monitoring of flooding and hurricane recovery in Texas to fire off tweets on familiar bugbears including Nafta and his promised border wall. Trump threatens to terminate Nafta, renews calls for Mexico to pay for wall 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z It's the bugbear that troubles millions of householders - the boiler engineer who doesn't turn up when promised. Gas man late? You could be entitled to £30 compensation - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Appropriately, it also involves Atlanta’s main bugbear: traffic. The story of a shooting in Atlanta 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Still, the lack of price transparency is a major bugbear for policy experts like the WHO's Rintoul, who previously negotiated on pharmaceutical prices for the Australian government. How drugmakers face global push-back on high prices 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Airbus said three problem aircraft programs will remain a bugbear for the rest of the year after weighing on earnings in the first quarter. Airbus earnings cut in half by lingering problems on three plane programs 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z A dead shot push-up – one that starts from the ground and goes up, rather than the other way around – is, he says, “a bugbear for a body who’s 65, 73.” This super fit 80-year-old personal trainer is teaching his aging clients how to stay in fighting shape 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Spain also believes the border is being abused and draining Spanish resources, with the smuggling of cigarettes being a particular bugbear. Gibraltar Brexit row: What is the dispute about? - BBC News 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z But one major bugbear for Saskia was the large amount of bad and old - to the point of deceptive - profile photos. The UK's first online dating profile photographer - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The sidelining of women’s stories and female writers is one of Attenberg’s real bugbears. Jami Attenberg: ‘I wanted to see if there were other happy endings for single women’ 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z China's currency policy and the row in the South China Sea have been bugbears for years. Smoothly but warily, U.S. and China stick to script in Tillerson visit 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long been a bugbear for fiscal conservatives not because it’s an onerous drain on the federal budget, but because they perceive it to be a source of liberal indoctrination. Trump’s absurd budget priorities: Single mothers apparently need bombs more than Big Bird 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z It is one of Adichie’s bugbears that as someone who loves fashion, she is by default not taken seriously. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Can people please stop telling me feminism is hot?' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z But young people seem more pessimistic - with politics and soaring house prices their main bugbears. Hong Kong: Twenty years later - BBC News 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z He also took a balanced shot at a favourite bugbear of Republicans and Trump himself, the supposed failure of liberal Americans to accord the proper respect to Christmas. Rand Paul picks on Trump, the media and Peter Thiel in annual 'Festivus' rant 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z On the other, and this is a particular bugbear of Ingraham but is held in common to them all, the left are unendurably pathetic, weak and infantile. What do Donald Trump's Twitter tastes tell us about him? 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr Campbell says he could co-operate with Mr Trump over trade deals, term limits and other shared bugbears: “There ain’t no wrong way to do the right thing.” Alamo on the bayou 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It also faces the prospect of increased U.S. oil output - a major bugbear for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries - given Trump's pledge to open all federal land and waters for fossil fuel exploration. OPEC's job has just become tougher with Trump win 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Such as NATO, probably Mr Putin’s greatest bugbear. My brilliant friend 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Further cuts to Brazil’s high rates—the number-one bugbear of many a Brazilian boss—are expected. Brazilian firms emerge from the gloom 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z After all, screens are one of the biggest bugbears of modern western parenting. How to Decide How Much Screen Time to Give Your Kids 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Concerns over growing supplies remain a bugbear on sentiment as U.S. crude production continues to rise. Oil up as Venezuela sees output deal, Libya suffers clashes 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z In a nutshell, the same bugbear that haunts so many other American households is proving to be an even greater nightmare for senior citizens: healthcare costs. America is finally back on its feet but the poor are being left behind 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Murray is third on the admittedly early table of points won on second serve, once the bugbear of his game. Controlled Andy Murray makes short work of Lukas Rosol in US Open first round 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Then the all too familiar hiss, the bugbear of recreational cyclists, spelt trouble. Cycling: Sagan deflated as hopes of cross-country medal vanish 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z That is the one slight bugbear of my professional career, is never having had a number one. The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon: I can't resist an earworm - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Instead, the company is more likely to use its cash tackling two other investor bugbears—high debts and longer-run plans for growth. Rio Tinto Has Bounced Back on Stronger Prices for Minerals 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z He also accused Google last week of helping Clinton in her presidential campaign, lumping together two of his bugbears. WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails - Julian Assange 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Sir Quentin was chosen because "he understands the rebelliousness of animal characters and doesn't patronise children, which was one of Potter's bugbears", Ms Hunt said. Dame Helen Mirren to narrate Beatrix Potter story - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z With a smile, Bedolla suggested they could alleviate a perennial Houston bugbear: road rage. 'They're here for therapy': Houston's 'rage room' a smash as economy struggles 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z "Driving is my biggest Australian bugbear, on badly designed roads, along with spending a fortune for a café lunch," she says. 'Boomerang Poms' flee Australia's traffic and TV - BBC News 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Gay ubiquity began to make it seem difficult for homophobes to travel anywhere interesting without encountering their bugbear. From gay conspiracy to queer chic: the artists and writers who changed the world 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z He’s also gone into lobbying, one of the great bugbears of Sanders’ campaign. Democratic debate: Sanders and Clinton face off amid Flint water crisis – live 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z His personal bugbear is the big lad who has physically developed quicker than his peers. One Six Nations title and no grand slams since 2003. What is English rugby’s problem? | Robert Kitson 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z EST 14:45 Fox mocks Trump for debate jitters Donald Trump has been threatening to boycott Thursday night’s Republican debate over the presence of Fox News co-host Megyn Kelly, Trump’s top media bugbear. Donald Trump endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio for president – campaign live 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z They in turn reflect the tensions of an ever more fissiparous nation, including over another of his bugbears: government’s proper relationship with God. The prophet of decline 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z One of his biggest bugbears is the litter that blights Britain’s cities and countryside. Bill Bryson tours Britain in ‘The Road To Little Dribbling’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z He’s also gone into lobbying, one of the great bugbears of Sanders’ campaign. Democratic debate: Sanders and Clinton face off amid Flint water crisis – live 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Another bugbear is the sprawling influence of business magnate Carlos Slim Helú, often touted as the richest man in the world. Meet the architect who wants to return Mexico City to its ancient lakes 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z For creative elitists, the foremost bugbear of higher learning was one of quality. How Community Colleges Changed the Whole Idea of Education in America 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z For Wyss-Coray, ageing has become much more than a personal bugbear. Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people? | Ian Sample 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z It also proved to be more susceptible to image noise, often the bugbear of high-megapixel sensors. iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Beaten In Respected Benchmark By Bargain Rival 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z His biggest bugbear is the Commission's predictions on passenger numbers. Gatwick: Heathrow expansion 'unfair' - BBC News 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “My biggest bugbear about this industry is that they all think short-term,” says Webster. How the compact disc lost its shine 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z We won't mention that they tried a break out into nuclear weapons because that problem was solved by the Israelis, who are currently a bugbear for the American left. False Choices on Syria and North Korea 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Despite a better electricity industry, power shortages remain a bugbear. Fuel injection 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z He added: "We also need to tackle these firms' biggest bugbears: unreliable broadband and a lack of suitable finance products. " Half of Scots firms 'based at home' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z While more Americans disapprove of the president's handling of the economy than those who think he's doing a good job, the economy wasn't the bugbear it once was. U.S. economy's performance probably wasn't the main culprit in Democrat losses 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Kotter, that bugbear of the urban classroom, that lifer nonpareil, was nowhere in sight. Joel Klein's Book on American Schools Tries to Find a Way Forward The difficulty of getting airborne was another bugbear of previous designs. A phoenix rises 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z A fine strategist, seeking reward at the edge of technical possibilities and at the limit of legality, De Margerie was a very outspoken businessman and a bugbear for many non-governmental organizations. Total CEO, Oil Buccaneer, Dies In Moscow Plane Crash 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Their bugbear: low online prices, often below the dealers' own purchase prices. Why Amazon and Flipkart will spend $3bn in India 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Their bugbears seldom intrude on the political realm. The future of warfare: Why we should all be very afraid 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z A Lotus gardener since 2000, she added that her chief bugbears were plants like red salvia that grew unexpectedly large and made a quantity of killing shade. The Garage That Bloomed 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Having got two of his main bugbears off his sizable chest, Strike returned to his office and his assistant, Robin. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith – digested read 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z White does eventually concede that some personal observations and bugbears have slipped on to the record. Jack White: 'I'm like Larry David, Alan Partridge and Chris Rock in one person' 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z A perennial bugbear is the manner in which some people keep on shouting that the real problem in this world is the number of people in it. How Gary Backer Proved The Reverend Malthus Wrong 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Science journalism One bugbear for Bryson though, despite a hesitancy to plunge too deep into the area, is daily newspaper coverage of science. Bill Bryson: A Champion of Science and Science Communication 2014-05-08T13:35:00Z Accounting for differences between cells may be the field’s biggest bugbear. Epigenomics starts to make its mark 2014-04-02T17:20:26.967Z With payment bugbears likely to remain, it seems it's up to SMEs to find the solution that works for them. Cash flow king for small businesses 2014-03-31T23:16:08Z The film critic duo's 2010 brings up some of their other biggest bugbears. Ten annoying breaches of cinema etiquette 2014-01-13T15:37:29Z Covering too many bases is a particular bugbear of Ben England. 20 online dating cliches - and what they really mean 2014-01-07T00:31:18Z He’s also not that worried about the big bugbear in psychiatry: the idea that drugs are failing because problems in how clinical trials are conducted is making placebos appear more effective. Biotech Wunderkind Plans To Launch 'Love Chemical' Oxytocin As Treatment For Schizophrenia, Autism 2013-12-12T13:36:00Z Mobile coverage is a huge bugbear for consumers and one that Ofcom is determined to prioritise. Vodafone fails on 3G mobile coverage 2013-11-07T12:55:40Z But then the team began inexorably to slip from the pace, their old bugbear of failing to keep up with the development race haunting them again. Vettel - without doubt an all-time great 2013-10-27T16:51:30Z Smuggling - cigarette smuggling in particular - is one bugbear, as is the alleged circumventing of Spanish residency taxes. What are the competing claims over Gibraltar? 2013-08-12T09:40:11Z Cigarette smuggling is one bugbear, as is the alleged circumventing of Spanish residency taxes. Q&A: Gibraltar row 2013-08-05T17:34:21Z The labor market remains the main bugbear of the eurozone, as rising joblessness hurts growth and raises political and social tensions. Euro zone business expands for first time in 18 months: PMI 2013-08-05T08:03:51Z Injuries are a particular bugbear of Powell, 46, but it is an issue which has been hard to avoid. Can England win Women's Euro 2013? 2013-07-11T05:29:23Z If you thought some of the stock conservative bugbears were missing from this list, fear not. Obama Offended Catholics? Blarney! 2013-06-21T08:45:00Z But now Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the Malaysian opposition, former political prisoner and longtime bugbear of the establishment, says those plans are firmly on the shelf. Anwar, Malaysia’s Opposition Leader, Takes to the Streets 2013-05-18T23:45:43Z The current trading funds – Companies House et al – are a bugbear of many in the open data movement. The Shakespeare review: what's the future of UK open data? 2013-05-15T14:53:01Z Mixing up your modals - "might" and "may" - is another bugbear. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z Mercedes have again been experiencing the problems with overuse of the rear tyres that have been their bugbear for the last four years. Mercedes to get time to win title 2013-05-09T08:25:00Z From drought, global warming and over-fishing, to those everyday bugbears in our homes. Michael Gove overlooks engineering at his peril 2013-04-15T18:45:01Z "It's been a bugbear in the forest sector," said Duncan Macqueen, a forest researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development in Edinburgh. Demand for Beef and Soybeans Adds Pressure on Amazon Forest 2013-04-07T20:15:00.197Z Tacklers releasing the tackled was his big bugbear, and the English were obliging more often by not doing so to his satisfaction. Forget the grand slams – Wales's win against England beats them all 2013-03-16T19:43:39Z But whether Rooney plays today or not, there is a growing suspicion that Ferguson wants to make a point about one of his bugbears: player power. Wayne Rooney: football's gilded youth falls to earth 2013-03-10T00:06:11Z He sounded equally open-minded when talking about news aggregators, a sometime bugbear of both his and his boss, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch. Incoming News Corp. CEO Says The Daily Was 'A Great Success, Revenue Aside' 2013-02-07T16:17:06Z My bugbear with the UK industry is that women's fiction is usually branded in a cliched way: men don't want to be seen reading anything in a pink cover with glitter on it. Publishing cheer as buyers seek out interesting reads 2013-01-21T00:56:27Z We’ve surely missed some bugbears, so feel free to tell us the words that drive you totes cray in the comments. Poll: What Word Should Be Banished in 2013? 2012-12-27T10:40:00Z The online market is another bugbear: it is often easier for Europeans to buy things online from America than from their neighbours. The rich world's economy: The gift that goes on giving 2012-12-19T16:07:14Z Also known as Persian, it's the rich, ancient tongue of the US's bugbear antagonist, Iran - and Layla's first language. An American's quest to learn Farsi 2012-08-20T00:45:30Z China's failure to reap major success in more prestigious sports like swimming and athletics has long been a bugbear for the country's officials, however. China to test superpower claims on foreign soil 2012-07-25T22:09:10Z We're the first supermarket to do this and from initial customer feedback, we think we're on to a winner as avocado ripeness is one of our shoppers' top bugbears. Supermarket colour-coding to take guesswork out of buying avocados 2012-07-16T15:28:10Z The chief adversary is Italy's high borrowing costs, which Mr. Monti acknowledged were an irksome bugbear for a government called in to bring them down. Monti's Blunt Words Mark Shift for Italy 2012-07-11T17:22:23Z Other bugbears are the overnight shifts and the repetitive nature of the job. Gambling boom a mixed blessing for Macau's youth 2012-06-26T16:54:45Z Orban's strong anti-Brussels rhetoric, push for national sovereignty and combative style, which has turned him into a bugbear of Europe in the eyes of many, appeals to part of the population. Analysis: Crisis-weary Hungarians lose faith in government 2012-06-17T12:13:33Z I must begin my letter by retracting an opinion I expressed in my last, namely, that the defile would probably turn out a complete bugbear, as the fevers, guinea-worm, and tetse flies have done. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z God, heaven, hell,—they are mere bugbears to frighten the timid and superstitious. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The might of England had ceased to be a bugbear—the Rubicon of fear was passed. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The central desert, that bugbear of a past generation, has an existence, but man is pushing it farther and farther back. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Suddenly, some held; in a panic, scared by God knows what bugbear! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z For a time, at least, the bugbear of working-class pretensions was put down, but at what cost! Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Finally, the treatment of that over-rated bugbear in the way of diseases, "Worms," is easily summarised thus—Meat feeding; an iron tonic; a vermifuge after the tonic course, and not before. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Provinciality was the pet bugbear of Matthew Arnold, but he applied it as a scornful term only to literary and critical shortcomings. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z That special knowledge is easily mastered, however, and no man fitted to practise medicine will look upon its acquirement as a bugbear or a hardship. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But discipline was his watchword, and reform his bugbear. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Distemper, that is, the two diseases usually so described, are a bugbear, but it is enough to say that no puppy ought to have them. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z If men have fancies, bugbears of the mind, And money, too, to pay for what they want; Why should they not, like Doctor Greathead, find Their fancies made to profit more than cant? Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Or it may have been a manufacturer on a great scale who looked abroad and fancied that he saw, though still a long way off, that bugbear of manufacturers, a glut. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z With a sick sinking of heart she recognized the familiar penmanship that had been such a bugbear, and which she had hoped never to see again. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The name of Kidd was long a bugbear with which to terrify wayward children into obedience, and the search for his treasure continues, as we have seen, to this day. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Then it was her bugbear; now the family fortunes were as solidly substantial as the comfortable red brick rectory itself; but Granny found some difficulty in laying her bogey. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z Had he re-introduced the bugbear merely to distress his sister-in-law, and display his malignant spleen? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Wolfe's sensitive conscience was constantly racked by doubts which a natural diffidence magnified into bugbears. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z So easily are we inclined to believe what suits us that his bugbear vanished into the air. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The damp grass of the church-yard and the witches' den are bugbears no longer. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The bugbear which had threatened them was dissolved and gone. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z He was an idle bugbear, a stuffed bogey to frighten babes withal. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The lady of the Little House, who is good and charitable, if innocently vulgar, is a standing bugbear to you. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z The tie of blood—one flag, one crown, one destiny—Wellgood suspected his bugbear in every one of these cries. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Things are changed since the names of Brazilian and Argentine were almost mutual bugbears and since Chile and Argentina seemed to be chronically "spoiling for a fight." South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z His big bugbear is still currency trading, which he believes did huge damage to the Malaysian economy during the financial crisis that hit Asia in the late 1990s. 'Europe is poor so should live within its means' 2012-02-07T17:48:02Z Are we to be threatened with that bugbear? The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Unpleasant as the owner felt this spoiling of his mansion by a bugbear, the nocturnal sprite was not without advantages, for the great security it gave from thieves. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z I must get a housemaid to take care of Baba; and you come and be introduced to my pet bugbear. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Somehow, it stimulated in Scout Warren the desire to be an éclaireur in earnest to the darkened boy overshadowed by his bugbear fears, now skulking behind the berry-bushes. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z In the end, Cyril and his former bugbear became bosom friends, and both worked together amicably side by side in the self-same laboratory at the College of Science. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Hitherto I have said nothing concerning that great bugbear, the Merrimac. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z What is a bugbear to the many is often a contemptible reptile to the few. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The most piquant part of the speeches of both Pitt and Fox related to Walpole, who had now from a bugbear become a fetish. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z It is all a bugbear, all a priestly imposture. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Of course, with either the biographical or historical serial plan, great pains must be taken with that bugbear of the average teacher,—what the lesson-helps call intervening events, but many a scholar calls intervening mystifications. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Even that bugbear to all mission work, caste, shall be reformed. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z It is to me a melancholy thing to contemplate the manner in which mankind have, in every age and nation, made for themselves bugbears, and then have felt fear at them. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z In his helplessness and despair he even offered to cede his place to Granville, who as Carteret had been his most detested bugbear, but who had now subsided into a quiescent President of the Council. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z If the coefficient of expansion of these three layers differs, in other121 words, if the glaze does not fit, the result is crazing, that bugbear of the potter. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z And yet to many a teacher they are bugbears. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The word is indeed used by old writers, but either as meaning a bugbear, or in a general sense, and not with reference to this particular insect. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z Inflammation has generally been considered the great bugbear of the old school, and the scarecrow of the cattle doctor. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Southern dread of amalgamation is not to be scouted as a mere bugbear. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z That father might, for all she knew, be the bugbear her mother had always made him out to be; but on the other hand he might not. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z It has already been indicated how the temperance lesson, that quarterly bugbear of some teachers, may be illuminated by the newspaper. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Some fright their children with beggars, bugbears, and hobgoblins, if they cry or be otherways unruly.” The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z And now commenced those intrigues and machinations of Russia, of which so great a bugbear was made both in India and England. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z It is the great hobby which saddens his life, the terrible bugbear with which he is ever trying to arouse the feelings of his French Canadian countrymen against England. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z The Gulf Stream will be heard of again, probably for the last time, the tendency of modern scientific investigation being to show up that bugbear as a humbug. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z It will assist America to make the contribution which she must make if this Question is ever to be turned from the bugbear it has been through all the centuries. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z In especial my faith was in direct opposition to the spiritual philosophy; Strauss was a horror; Parker was a bugbear; Furness seemed an innovator; Emerson was a "Transcendentalist," a term of immeasurable reproach. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z “Here comes the ‘European society,’ the poor daughter’s bugbear,” I said to myself. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This disagreeable malady, wittily personified as "Ague-agueshakershake,"—the God of Lake Erie—was a continual bugbear and made yearly attacks upon the families. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Indeed she had been making quite a bugbear of the thing she was now doing quite easily. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z They met in the third round, and the Caldbeck veteran succeeded in disposing of the one he looked upon as his greatest bugbear. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z You have been the bugbear and the scapegoat of the liberals. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "He threatened all terribly--" "Such bugbears only children fear." Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z He who ordinarily treated all danger so lightly, now recoiled before the veriest bugbears. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Since the day when ornament was the bugbear of woman’s education, we have grown somewhat wiser. Talks to Freshman Girls 2011-09-04T02:00:03.470Z Let him not be scared as by some terrible bugbear, but let him, in true Berean nobility of spirit, "search the Scriptures." The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Punch would have a cartoon, suggesting the City in the Clouds as a place of banishment for its particular bugbear of the moment. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z What a ridiculous bugbear I was making of this thing after all! The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The world was a terrible bugbear to Lady Marabout, and its special impersonation was Anne Hautton. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The subject of curare, another bugbear of the Anti-vivisection lecturer, is so adequately dealt with by Professor Richet that I will spare the reader any further discussion on that question here. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z In the midst of every discussion of the effect of the copyright act in Great Britain, the bugbear of "American spelling" reared its grisly head. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z The big question marks are over the two bugbears of internet gaming: lag and latency. OnLive cloud gaming service to launch in UK on September 22 2011-08-10T23:45:44Z A senior told me recently that she has always been a bugbear to the teams. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z I can't remember any time that that word wasn't my bugbear. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z To begin, then, with that most popular and affrighting argument now made use of, as the bugbear of the people, against several other things besides jacobitism, we mean French greatness. And What if the Pretender should Come? Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender's Possessing the Crown of Great Britain 2011-07-19T02:00:23.110Z So that commonly people believe that it is possible to be a poet without in any way burdening one’s mind with religion or philosophy,—especially philosophy, which appears to be the bugbear of most poets. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z The bugbear of all the grown up children of this world. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Be not frightened by a bugbear, a phantom, from seeking what it is so precious to find! The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Labor made the people hardy, and an over-taxed brain hatched no bugbears. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Her mind was busy with a scheme by which she intended to remove that unceasing pressure for funds which bade fair to be an ever-increasing bugbear to her. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z ‘We gralloched them, and built the meat up with stones to preserve it from ravens, and the great bugbear of hunters, the “jarraf,” as they call it; filfras is its English name. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z “Don’t believe it,” said Samson, sturdily, “only a bugbear made up by some of them pioneering chaps to frighten new-comers from going up country and taking claims, so that they may have best choice themselves.” Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z "Fair Rosalind has certainly suffered her imagination to conjure up a bugbear in this man," thought Charles. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z It's also a bugbear for certain longtime residents, who yearn for their life before budget airlines ferried in young people from Britain and Scandinavia to party at the city's nightclubs. Some Balk as Berlin's Economy Improves 2011-06-27T04:06:05Z It’s a poor way to carry a point to make a bugbear of the subject.” Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z But it won't necessarily address all the bugbears - such as the star academics who appear more prominently on university websites than in their lecture halls. Education best-buys 2011-06-24T04:00:12Z I am no weak girl, now, to be terrified by bugbears. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Ah, the rent! that's a terrible bugbear, I can tell you! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Having disposed of their final tests in January, they were free of the bugbear of examinations. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z For all my questions I could not bring him to the point of saying what these bugbears were. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z She will accomplish nothing, but—and here lies the real bugbear—but she will make men almost afraid of her! A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Clergymen, especially country clergymen, carry everything out with a minute, punctilious solicitude, into which they are partly scared by their reigning bugbear and dragon of a Consistory. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z His name was scoffed at in public, but secretly he was a haunting bugbear to these murder partners. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Jansenist bugbears about the preparation required and the responsibility incurred frightened the timid. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z But the Senate is small and of settled habits, and has no such bugbear to trouble it. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z He never suffers from that bugbear of the chicken-hearted, the dread of not making his effect. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z My present aims accomplished, I care not for the bugbear future! Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Superstition was the bugbear of the Manxman, but it would die of shame at its sheer absurdity, only that it was pampered by the law. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z But it would require the United States to finally decide on a long-term solution to spent nuclear fuel storage, which with the cancellation of the Yucca Mountain repository project remains a perennial political bugbear. Should the U.S. More Tightly Control Nuclear Fuel It Makes? 2011-03-29T21:59:43Z The biggest bugbear that the referee has to contend with is the penalty and offside restrictions. Association Football And How To Play It 2011-03-27T02:00:16.723Z Trial by jury was an especial bugbear to them. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z As agreeable as he is, surely Pepy will be drawn into a testier state by a question on fares, the great bugbear of the British rail passenger. French high-speed rail on track but progress too slow on commuter lines 2011-03-21T18:22:39Z “I wish I could show you that you make too much of a mountain out of this intellectual bugbear,” Inez replied, candidly. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z As Uncle Julius was never captivating to children, it is a great pity that he was turned into an additional bugbear, by being always sent for to whip me when I was naughty! Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Not being able to hear what people say on television is a common complaint of viewers so the , and found that music levels, noisy backgrounds and mumbling were the biggest bugbears. VIDEO: What makes TV difficult to hear? 2011-03-18T07:32:41Z Clay made a great bugbear out of Jackson's military heroship, and so threatening did he make it appear to the principle of civil government and republican institutions that he really seemed frightened at it himself. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z There is the eternal bugbear of religion to oppose this scheme, but that is all. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z “Good Brother Charles who never does wrong” might have grown into a terrible bugbear to the other small Dodgsons, had he not been brimful of fun and humor himself. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z Indeed, I may say that conventions is one of the greatest bugbears of my existence.” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z I have always noticed myself that when I am interrupted in my meals all sorts of bugbears, scientific or otherwise, take possession of my mind.' The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Yes,"—triumphantly,—"it occurred to me that this bugbear my cousin might go abroad again. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z It was unconventional, but conventionality is a terrible bugbear. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Timing is the big bugbear in this industry. Decentralising 2011-01-12T23:48:15Z Fear evoked a terrible bugbear in every imaginary path he took. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Things that previously I fled from, I now seek; things once my bugbear, are now the objects of my delight. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z The very thought of anything connected with the bugbear 'Law' depresses me to death. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z It effects nothing, and is almost universally the bugbear of the imagination.... Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Yes; Spain was then the bugbear of nearly every Englishman's fire-side. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z In the first settled parts of North America, every nocturnal fly of a noxious quality is still generically named a bug; whence the term bugbear signifies one that carries terror wherever he goes. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z There is another annoyance on the railway, a veritable bugbear that it is hard to bear philosophically. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Demands for company bosses' shares or homes as security was another bugbear. CBI delegates ask Bob Diamond why banks won't lend to them 2010-10-25T22:10:00Z This was a controversial notion then and is even more so in our post-"9/11" world, when eurocentrism and "orientalism" have become academic bugbears. A Tale of Long-Running Interest 2010-09-24T02:21:00Z Self-service checkout in supermarkets: a boon or a bugbear? The self-service till's divisive powers 2010-08-23T15:05:00Z Stockholm is proving something of a bugbear for Bolt whose last defeat also happened here – against Powell – ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Gay beats Bolt over 100m for first time 2010-08-06T21:08:00Z The seats are comfortable, and that French bugbear, the ouvreuse de loge, is unknown. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The proposed UK bank levy seems to be a particular bugbear. Standard Chartered might get tired of London 2010-08-04T19:30:00Z This was the bugbear of A.I.G. — the absence of a liquidation process that allowed the employees and creditors of the giant insurer to avoid a significant penalty. Will Financial Overhaul Prevent Bailouts? 2010-07-14T16:06:00Z A common crux of the varied threads of research suggests a familiar bugbear: pressure engenders anxiety and anxiety, in turn, affects performance. Seeking to Explain Psychology of Soccer Shootout 2010-05-31T05:40:00Z The great bugbear with modern tech is that usually the instructions are inside the actual thing. 'I'm struggling with my iPhone' 2010-05-14T11:07:00Z National insurance, a "tax on jobs" as the signatories put it, is a particular bugbear. A letter does the business 2010-04-01T19:33:00Z The Edwards split may be a special case, but the Hopper schism appears to center on an all-too-familiar family bugbear, money. 2010-02-04T21:45:00Z But come, let’s know something more about this terrible bugbear.” A Double Knot I have given as little heed to that, and a thousand other bugbear reports, as possible. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The change will be good for body and soul; and the temporary ascetic may return to his old life, at least released from one of his bugbears, and refreshed with a new sense of freedom. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Gage and Peckover looked politely tolerant, while Quorn regarded his bugbear now for the first time at close quarters, with an attention bordering on fright. A Poached Peerage This language, taken disjointedly, is among the bugbears held up by the new conspirators against the Jesuits. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion He sat surrounded by the butts and bugbears of his school-life. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I came up to the first day of college in the firm and joyous belief that here, if anywhere, that old bugbear of my past school days would be absent. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew When Bojo left they had even forgotten for the space of half an hour that such bugbears as Wall Street, loans and banks could exist. Making Money The fact is that my unhappy father was more than notorious in his day; he was popular; and popular sympathy has been the bugbear of the police ever since the Kellys. The Shadow of a Man There were many persons who lived by raising up bugbears of this description in the present day, and those persons were always raising up some new crotchet or another.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The old bugbear to children, spelling, is by no means so terrible under these methods. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them He was the hero of the one side, just as he was the bugbear of the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" We were afraid of the bugbear of China. The Unveiling of Lhasa Now the name of the Black Douglas had become so terrible to the English that it proved a bugbear to the children, who, when they misbehaved, were told that the Black Douglas would get them. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands After all she had always been one of his bugbears—one of the people who went "fairly regularly." The Great Miss Driver And a devastating feeling of shyness and fearfulness, which was the bugbear of her existence, descended upon her mind. Just Gerry Good morals, modesty, and chastity received the name of prejudice—enforced, so ran the tale, by bugbears of the Levites and the foolish training of poor superstitious females. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Europe needs a bugbear, a watchword that threatens, a name that makes itself feared. Fragments of an Autobiography Development, that former bugbear of the amateur photographer and especially of the beginner, is made a simple proposition by the Kodak Film Tank—fully as simple as any part of the photographic process. Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 We all set to with a will, and finished this great bugbear of an undertaking within an hour. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; 10 The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These are the bugbears of a winter’s eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes He had a house to guard from beetles and other bugbears of the night. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The result was more grooming, and the horses seemed to be a greater and greater bugbear, as the number of men decreased with the departure of some to the hospital and others on leave. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division The term "evolution" need not in itself be a bugbear on theological grounds. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The problem of specie payment proved to be a bugbear. The Greater Republic A History of the United States I remember one lyric tenor who was my bugbear because he had hands like a fresh, cold fish. Confessions of an Opera Singer This Assembly had been, in the beginning of the Revolution, the bugbear of all German Governments. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 There is still a bugbear which they call humanity, of which they are all in fear; before which they creep away, like children from the wolf. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The Christian Church has ceased to fear the bugbear of a learned ministry. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Its experience has knocked the bugbear of heredity all to flinders. The Children of the Poor And then, you know, you needn’t be afraid of any of the ‘relations-in-law’ bugbear; because they look up to you so. A Frontier Mystery Thoughts of fever, that dread bugbear of the up-country man, took unpleasant hold upon his mind. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Two bugbears are the worst enemies we have in the world,—fear before the deed, and repentance after it. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The fear of singularity, which was a social bugbear to the young women of other generations, no longer served to prevent them from studying classics and mathematics and science. Women of England But you sure disclaim That frivolous pretence, that empty name; Mere bugbear word, devis'd by us to scare The senseless rout to slavishness and fear, Ne'er known to awe the brave, and those that dare. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Nay, we go further; we wish them back again, and as it were call them forth; our plastic and pliant nature, and our almost inconceivable fancy obey, and again such a bugbear is conjured up. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Belle is nervous about water, just as the rest of us are about some other particular bugbear, but she is also reasonable, and she has even promised to learn to swim.” The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea It is the plan of men of this stamp to frighten the people with ideal bugbears, in order to mould them to their own purposes. Essays on the Constitution of the United States And not only is imagery to be avoided, but everything in the shape of a reflection is a bugbear to the composer.' The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. There have been hypocrites, who made of philosophy a bugbear. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America Already, I had discovered that dish-washing was the bugbear of a kitchen drudge's existence, be the kitchen drudge female or male. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia "If this admonition should be sent on purpose?" said he; but no, 'tis a bugbear. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales It deals with what the newspapers call "sensations" unsensationally, and its editor is free from that bugbear of most editors—the fear of a libel action. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police He reduced the annual bugbear, The state debt, so long amassing, And devoted all his efforts To the Commonwealth’s advantage. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. School was over till September, and now that the bugbear of final examinations was disposed of, no one seemed possessed of sufficient energy to attempt anything more strenuous than wielding a palm-leaf fan. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Of your wit am I the mark; I'm the bugbear—him with whom Every wicked child you frighten In the silence of the night. Atta Troll Indeed, his name became a bugbear, to frighten unruly children with. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. Prussian reaction would not be so strong if it were not for the bugbear of Social Democracy. German Problems and Personalities Then the fortifications of Louisbourg—the dread and bugbear of all New England—closed him in; but Zac noticed nothing of these. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia That case has done better duty as a bugbear for a century than any other legal decision.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 And how could this be remedied, if the old law of Maintenance stood like a bugbear in the way of humane and spirited practitioners? Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. From the time of his joining the Spearmen, Thomas Smith became in consequence a bugbear to his brethren in the faith. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) The German people were misled into the belief that they were struggling in self-defence against the “Slav peril,” but since the Ides of March in Petrograd the Russian bugbear has disappeared. German Problems and Personalities My uncle the canon seems the bugbear of the whole family. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The collecting agents of the S. P. C. A. are bugbears in most communities. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended The two northern ones, with their vast populations and immense amount of work, are the bugbear of the puisne judge. The Queen Against Owen Specious, but quite insubstantial; for we can analyze the terrestrial conditions which led to that catastrophe, and assure ourselves that the bugbear of their recurrence is nothing more than a bugbear. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' But the ballade has two bugbears: the first the refrain which refuses to come in naturally, and the second the envoy which insists on appearing as a disjointed after thought. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers And fortunately the bank officer did not ask for money to pay taxes and interest on the mortgages, which had been the bugbear of her married life. Clark's Field The visitors from out of town enjoyed themselves particularly because the bugbear of Neighbor's opposition to Luke's desires had been dissipated. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended It appears, however, that the name has not long been applied to the Cimex, so that the saying may be of greater antiquity, and relate to bugbears. Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "I am to have that bugbear again between me and my happiness?" Marion Fay For overcoming these two bugbears—practice will conquer the most recalcitrant refrain and one may often circumvent an envoy by writing it first. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers A shadow it most certainly is not, though it is a bugbear, and the veriest that was ever suffered to torment a morbid imagination. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications In hypochondriacs spermatorrhea becomes a bugbear, which often makes them the dupes of charlatans. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study He who had expected a tempest of tears shifted uneasily, even irritably, from that steady stare, until, finding the silence intolerable, he burst out: “Well, ma’am, am I a bugbear?” The Strollers I dreamed of them, day and night, until they became bugbears, grizzly bugbears! A Mountain Boyhood Little was Scott aware at the time that he, in truth, was a 'bugbear' to Campbell. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Her half uttered scream had been checked by the sound of a voice which memory told her was not that of her bugbear, the invalid master of the house. The Bondwoman May it always chasten and never overwhelm us: our greatest bugbear and our best friend! Whispering Smith Philemon's special bugbear had been a dark cellar, filled to overflowing with shadows. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Aside of strategy, there is a new bugbear to frighten the soldiers; this bugbear is the masked batteries. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Audrey had no wish to be a bugbear to her family. Lover or Friend “I seem to be an awful bugbear in this business.” The School Queens She will, I know, be a nice girl when she grows up, without very much of that irresponsibility which seems to have been the bugbear of her maternal parent. The Prairie Child I have given you such a bad impression that you look on me as a sort of moral bugbear. Not Like Other Girls For Cæsar was literally too great to be seen by them, save as children often see bugbears by moonlight, when their inexperienced eyes are xxxviii mocked with air. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The Anti-American, Foreign-loving, Catholic admirers of the Locofoco school of politics, everywhere seek to frighten native Protestant citizens with the bugbear cry of religious proscription. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors All bugbears seem much more terrible at a distance than when they are close enough to be grappled with. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Now we beg leave to observe, that this Anglomania bugbear, by which her ladyship pretends to have been so much distressed, is the merest piece of nonsense and affectation in the world. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Jack had been the bugbear of the family for a long time past. The Perpetual Curate Let's not talk about horrid things any more, and mistakes, and bugbears.... It, and Other Stories “I don’t think I am a man likely to raise bugbears.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills That bugbear to all landsmen,—sea-sickness,—gave me but little annoyance, although some of the crew appeared to suffer greatly from its effects. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas Aunt Julia is one of the bugbears of the Blake family, her gentility and general fineness being altogether too much for them. Only an Irish Girl He has no knowledge of such bugbears as steep gradients or dangerous curves; a little hocus-pocus with the compasses transforms all these into gentle undulations, and sweeps of the most graceful description. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Mr. Tom Thornton, if you think you can scare me with any bugbears, you are mistaken. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy It might appear that a philosopher who has re-established the objective existence of space in opposition to Berkeley, was in danger of that materialism which had been Berkeley's bugbear. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Capital, though it's a bugbear, nevertheless it's a virtue. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm These words represent bugbears to unthinking people, and unscrupulous men do not fail to pervert this fact to their own or party ends. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Yet the opinion of the public, which intimidates us, is no mere bugbear. Waiting for Daylight Ay! quick, talk of something else; here's our old bugbear coming. The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) Isolation has been the bugbear of farm life. Chapters in Rural Progress That bugbear Capital is a crumbling old tower, and is pretty nigh brought to its last ruin. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm But this radicalism especially bears on its 'horrid front' that bugbear of all conservatism, the world over—abolition. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Let us then examine exactly what it means, and see whether it ought to be such a terrible bugbear to us. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy On the 4th February, the two vessels were able to resume their voyage, prepared to face all the dangers of the South Sea, and to double Cape Horn, that bugbear of all navigators. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Let's go over it carefully and sensibly, and lay this bugbear of pain once and for all. To Love A fear of the “evil eye”—that bugbear which still disturbs the happiness of the lower class Italians and of the Eastern nations generally—was carefully provided against. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture His psychological tendency is that of analysis, separation, division; the very idea of unity seems a bugbear to him, a mighty delusion which he must demolish or die. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Now—only Lily could not know this—it was because of that very reason that Trampy clung to her, like a faithful husband: Jimmy, Jimmy was his bugbear. The Bill-Toppers A lover's ecstasy is ofttimes cut short by the reflection that he has yet to face that awful bugbear—the old folk. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives It is a bugbear that the Filipinos would be citizens of the United States, and would therefore have the same rights of free travel and free entry of their own manufactures with other citizens. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses "Get a situation somewhere else," said Anne cheerfully, "abroad if possible; but I have become a bugbear to Daisy, and it is best that I should go." A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Often a wholesome restraint; but the bugbear of an inefficient officer. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. No other man has, in the same measure as he has, won the glory of being the bugbear of cultivated "society" and the object of the reverence and affection of thinking men. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 What satisfaction was it to become prosperous and respected if at the same time one became a bugbear to one's children and a bore to one's acquaintances? The Prodigal Father It is a bugbear that anybody living on territory or other property belonging to the United States must be a citizen. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses We are answerable; and if duty be anything more than a word of imposture, if conscience be not a bugbear, we are preparing to make ourselves as wretched as our country.... Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. For when we say bug, or for that matter bogy or bugbear, we are garbling the sound which our very, very forefathers uttered when they saw a specter or hobgoblin. Edge of the Jungle By this time, Sue had become an awful bugbear to the poor fellow. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Now when his too apprehensive nerves were frightened by bugbears in his lonely room he could be off to the Howff and escape them. The House with the Green Shutters It is equally a bugbear that the tariff must necessarily be the same over any of the territory or other property of the United States as it is in the Nation itself. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses The idea of war has been treated as a bugbear. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. But let’s reconnoiter and try to spot our bugbear. A Dixie School Girl We may dismiss this bugbear, for we ourselves are manifestations of the very power which we call "the Father." The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science For myself, I have, from the first, steadily refused to look upon spiritualism in this bugbear fashion. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour? Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses And ever before her frightened eyes loomed the bugbear of PRINT. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch I am forced, however, to request that you will not put in the one referring to myself, from my constant bugbear of any appearance of collusion. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti "America," Lord Sidmouth wrote at this time, "is a bugbear: there is no terror in her threats!" History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 Another subject that became a great bugbear to him was what was known as composition. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia Let us free our minds of some bugbears. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses On her lips was often to be detected the sarcastic smile that had been the bugbear of his boy-hood, and which he always dreaded to see in D'Argenton. Jack 1877 But the fear of any appearance of collusion between himself and his critics was, as he said, a bugbear that constantly haunted him. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti These are the bugbears which the designing normally employ in order to frighten the timid and credulous. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Mr. Lloyd was so delighted with Bert's ingenuity that thenceforth he gave him very effective assistance in the preparation of his weekly essays, and they were no longer the bugbear that they had been. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The bugbear owing its magnitude and importance to obscurity and misapprehension, becomes divested of its terrors when it can be surveyed and appreciated. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 My heart was too full of a mightier dread to let bugbears turn me back. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The panorama before us is magnificent; and the Tugela, our bugbear at Colenso, lies before us, beautiful, meandering, and apparently conquered. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service Verily, duty is one of the greatest bugbears in life. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House "That is the bugbear of the gang, isn't it?" Jack O' Judgment But his bugbear returned next morning, as the Frank emerged from breakfast, claiming praise for his devotion in coming through such weather. The Valley of the Kings The guard house was a bugbear to the boys of the Institute. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. He has not used Buddhism either as a bugbear or as a beau idéal. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion Now I cannot but believe that such writers are thinking of the bugbear of artificial sins invented by the professors of a gloomy creed of religion. Science and Morals and Other Essays Verily, winter is the bugbear of the struggling Norwegian countryman’s existence. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway The frowning heights of Fisher's Hill had long been the bugbear of the valley. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps The state prison was only a bugbear then; but his father meant to do something. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. This, however, is no longer a bugbear, as we see in cases of resection, where the diseased joint alone is taken away, how very soon all swelling and disease departs, once its cause is removed. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners So we are to plunge into the whirlpool of eugenic delights without any fear of that "bugbear of a hell" which another writer congratulates us on getting rid of. Science and Morals and Other Essays The fact is,' added he, 'Campbell is, in a manner, a bugbear to himself. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) So that fastidious snuff-takers may dismiss this bugbear at once and forever. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce When you shall have learned that 'what people say' is the most senseless bugbear in all this wide world of senseless bugbears, you will be far on the road to true greatness. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play There is no great difficulty in making lantern slides by reduction; the exposure is the only bugbear, as usual. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Rain was Phil's great bugbear when he was on any kind of an outing. Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine The principal bugbears of one's existence are the tunnelling companies, who without cessation practise their nefarious trade, thereby causing alarm and despondency to all concerned. No Man's Land But there was no slightest use in buying it if this bugbear of Miss Eliza's disapproval would continue to rear its serpent head to Arethusa's further unhappiness. The Heart of Arethusa "Or—an allusion to his forbears: his father's character and his mother's relations—the two bugbears of Beaminster." A True Friend A Novel Evidently she'd been bullied about her unseemly behaviour when she was small, till you, and I, and Brockhurst, had been made into a perfect bugbear. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Of a combative temperament, Mr. Richmond was impressed with a belief that "secession" was but a bugbear to frighten the northern wing of the party. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War "Well, static is the big bugbear of radio," answered Bob, pausing a moment in regulating his tuner and detector. Walter and the Wireless All readers of Plautus and Terence know what a bugbear to slaves the threat of being sent to the mill was. Plutarch's Morals A mere bugbear to frighten children, believe me; and never yet alarmed a brave man. Rookwood Prince Enrique, believing this idea to be a bugbear, fitted out two vessels in A.D. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold They who have nothing more to fear may well Indulge a smile at that which once appalled; As children at discovered bugbears. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry In the meantime the bugbear of her existence was making history in his own way. The Lady Doc “However, it is not quite such a bugbear as it used to be; don’t you remember, Graeme?” Janet's Love and Service Room may be found for a few of the smaller specimens mounted whole but in the average home they are the bugbear of the housekeeper, early exiled to the attic. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Responsibility, the bugbear of mankind, was as the breath in her nostrils. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale What, hath this dreamer, with his father's ark, The bugbear he hath built to scare the world, Shaken my sister? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Altogether he talked so candidly, and with such an air of treating the whole business as the bugbear of a timid monarch, that I really believed him. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective He discovered that it belonged to a strange bugbear known to all the natives of the neighbourhood as Mumbo Jumbo. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Capital is a bugbear," said the son, speaking on this matter quite ex cathedrâ, as no doubt he was entitled to do by his extensive reading at a German university—"capital is a bugbear. Orley Farm The chest was soon filled with quilts and that bugbear was gone from her life. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' When Sears attempted to find good and sufficient reasons for belief that the husband of Lobelia Seymour was any such bugbear he was baffled. Fair Harbor Lord Howard was becoming a bugbear at the court. The Reign of Mary Tudor If he has not ceased to be an idol, he has at any rate ceased to be a bugbear. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Charity was his bugbear; and he would never listen to any of the others standing for his share of the expense, when they undertook an expedition like the present. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge Still twenty-five small frigates were hardly a big enough bugbear to terrify all Europe, let them patch them never so neatly. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs In this decision, too, there was the influence of the much paraded bugbear of social equality forced upon the whites. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 For generations after her death her name, with its horrid epithet clinging round it like the shirt of Nessus, was a bugbear in thousands of Protestant homes. The Reign of Mary Tudor He became the idol of the German populace, and the bugbear of the Allied countries. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Still the same weary "business" which he never explained or talked about, yet which always seemed to rise up like a bugbear on their pleasures, until Agatha was sick of the sound of the word! Agatha's Husband A Novel They are discovering that they have been fighting a bugbear; also, that their legislation against the bugbear cannot legislate. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 See to it, I pray, that my name don't become a bugbear in the village. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 This strange bugbear is common to all the Mandingo towns, and much employed by the pagan negroes in keeping their women in subjection. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley There, my dear Jollivet, pray don’t raise a bugbear that might scare the men and make them nervous. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea But this subject—the horrible bugbear of her childhood—she rarely liked to recur to, even now; so it did not mingle in her conversation with Mr. Harper. Agatha's Husband A Novel These men were democratic in their ecclesiastical views, and stout protestors against Patronage, which has always been the bugbear of the sects in Scotland. Robert Burns Dust was our principal bugbear; and when a camp had been settled for a few days, flies; both of these evils increasing rapidly as the stay on any one spot was prolonged. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre He is no longer afraid of old bugbears. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 His money could take this bugbear away, at least. A Voice in the Wilderness “He’s an old war-horse, maybe, who has heard too many clanging trumpet-calls and guns fired to be upset by the mere noise of an engine, which is only a bugbear to the ignorant.” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel Thus, the “convenances,” that horrid Anglo-French pseudonym, of the still more horrible bugbear “society,” had no cause to consider themselves neglected and find an excuse for taking umbrage. She and I, Volume 1 The great bugbear staring the amateur mechanic in the face when he contemplates making a small steam engine is the matter of boring the cylinder. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Our blatant patriotism bore the plainest signs of such a temper; half nationalism, half aggression against some bugbear or other; never a proud calm, an earnest self-dedication, a struggle for a political ideal. The New Society We hear of the prevention of unemployment, the removal of the bugbear of "losing the job." The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History These chiefs, unable any longer to employ usefully those old bugbears, the terms "Jacobin" and "sans-culotte," decidedly too hackneyed, had furbished up the word "demagogue." Napoleon the Little Midyears, a season of terror to freshmen, a still alarming period to sophomores, but no very great bugbear to the two upper classes, came and went. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College Examinations were coming, those bugbears of the young freshman, and then vacation. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls Their bugbears had become his playthings; but the witches, though they have no reality, have still a fascination for him. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) He was a familiar sight and a bugbear to the police, who were constantly arresting him; but, as he never asked for money, they had great difficulty in doing anything with him. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble "But you make such a bugbear of the least little matter that there's no encouragement to tell you anything." A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories This garden was the rector's delight, but to my restless seven years it was a sort of gay-colored and ever-threatening bugbear. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories His informal ways and unconventional dress were a bugbear to some critics; his old waywardness and love of adventure was still alive in him, and he thoroughly enjoyed the more irregular sides of his work. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Mark Clay stared at this girl who presumed to call him horrid and hard-hearted, and to hold up as an example his bugbear and opponent, Bill Howroyd. Sarah's School Friend I will keep each faction in awe by the bugbear of the other's supremacy. The Infernal Marriage "Excuse me," he retorted, "I haven't made a bugbear of this." A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories Promises exacted by terror are the bugbears of fools. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity But your conscience and your sense of honour always were bugbears, Christopher, and always will be. The Farringdons Morning and evening it was our one bugbear, and we would avoid it, as indeed children generally will, by every artifice which we could employ. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals I forgot his claims at odd times, just for a minute or so, but he is a real bugbear—a sort of matrimonial bogey-man. The Stowaway Girl Ah! 'talking about us,' was the bugbear I most dreaded, and he knew it. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems What was it, after all, but a "bugbear to scare children"—the ghost of the opinion of the many? The Fruit of the Tree His hideous figure was made use of only as a bugbear to frighten children; and to drive the birds from fruit trees; with whose filth he was generally besmeared. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. But le's forget it and get back to that bugbear of our young lives. The She Boss A Western Story He was a soul harrowing bugbear or a rib shaking jest according to the hour and one's 45 Halliwell's edition of the Harrowing of Hell, p. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The old bugbear of our family disgrace, the old terror of Arthur's throwing me off in disgust, rose up again with all their former strength, and I came here torn by conflicting feelings. The Late Miss Hollingford She murmured over the last sentence once or twice: The opinions of the many—bugbears to frighten children.... The Fruit of the Tree Con's chosen bugbear was the bridge which bestrode the river close by, and beneath the arch of which he had once happened to be while a cart passed overhead. Strangers at Lisconnel |
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