When Saki was younger, the first discoveries of her power frightened her. A boy, one of her classmates, taunted her, called her a witch, and forced her to devour a live newt. In outrage, Saki struck out at the boy, nearly killing him. Realizing what she could do with her power, she became wary. She knew that she had a great ability, with the power to harm people. From then on, she decided to remind herself of how dangerous she was. She began ignoring people and dressing in a gothic manner, not to frighten others for vanity, but to sc ...

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The legend trip itself is usually made by car, by groups of at least three adolescents. On the way to the site, the legend is usually retold, and additional legends are told that tell of the frightening consequences of past legend trips to the site. Sometimes, sexual experimentation is part of the legend trip; like horror movies or frightening amusement rides, the legend trip environment encourages people to g ...

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Legend tripping, Legend tripping - Origins, Legend tripping - Sites for legend trips, Legend tripping - The legend trip, Legend tripping - Reactions and controversies, Legend tripping - Supernatural dares, Legend tripping - Legend tripping in popular culture, Legend tripping - Places associated with legend tripping

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Nero Wolfe - Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout. Fer-de-Lance (1934) — 1st Nero Wolfe mystery & 1936 movie: Meet Nero Wolfe The League of Frightened Men (1935) — 1937 movie: The League of Frightened Men The Rubber Band (1936) The Red Box (1937) Too Many Cooks (1938) Some Buried Caesar (1939) Over My Dead Body (1940) Where There's a Will (1940) Black Orchids ...

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Nero Wolfe, Nero Wolfe - Bibliography, Nero Wolfe - Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe - Nero Wolfe short stories by Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe - Nero Wolfe books by Robert Goldsborough, Nero Wolfe - Books about Nero Wolfe, Nero Wolfe - Biographies of Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe - Nero Wolfe Commentaries, Nero Wolfe - Wolfe in other media, Nero Wolfe - Cinema, Nero Wolfe - Radio, Nero Wolfe - Television

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Main article: Evil clown In discussions of causes of coulrophobia, sufferers seem to agree that the most fear-inducing aspect of clowns is the heavy makeup which, accompanied by the bulbous nose and weird color of hair, completely conceals the wearer's identity. Clowns also often appear in horror movies, but unlike the phobia, the intention here is usually to frighten viewers by letting the horrific take the disguise of ...

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Coulrophobia, Coulrophobia - Causes of the phobia, Coulrophobia - Reality vs. media, Coulrophobia - External link

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The earliest references to an instrument called the lur come from Icelandic sagas, where they are described as war instruments, used to marshall troops and frighten the enemy. These lurs, several examples of which have been discovered in longboats, are straight, end-blown wooden tubes, around one metre long. They do not have fingerholes, and are played much like a modern brass instrument. A kind of lur very similar to these war instruments has been played by farmers and milk maids in Nordic countries since at least the Middle Ages. Th ...

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Lur, Lur - Wooden lurs, Lur - Bronze lurs

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In the UK in the early 1990s evidence showed that black people were as much as five times more likely to be stopped by the police, hence the colloquial term, Driving While Black. This is possibly an example of racial profiling. Following this discovery, some police officers claimed that they were too frightened of being accused of racism to stop black suspects, and that the reaction against racial profiling had gone too f ...

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Racial profiling, Racial profiling - Advocacy, Racial profiling - Criticism, Racial profiling - United States debate on racial profiling, Racial profiling - United Kingdom

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The tales are a mix of traditional ghost stories and more modern urban myths. The subject matter ranges from haunted house and graveyard tales to stories of the vanishing hitchhiker. Many of the contemporary tales center on the theme of dangerous and frightening urban environments, like cities and universities. Each book is also notable for including a selection of humorous ghost stories in the last chapter as well as a selection of songs. Beyond the stories themselves, the books have two notable features: exhaustively researched and annotated notes and sources sections, and disturbin ...

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Scary Stories, Scary Stories - Content, Scary Stories - Controversy

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Although "severely elevated mood" sounds pleasant, the experience of mania is usually unpleasant and sometimes frightening for the person involved and may lead to impulsive behavior that may later be regretted. It can also often be complicated by the sufferer's lack of judgment and insight regarding periods of exacerbation of symptoms. Manic patients are frequently grandiose, irritable, belligerent, and frequently deny anything is wrong with them. Because mania frequently encourages high energy and decreased perception of need or ability to ...

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Mania, Mania - Symptoms, Mania - Mixed states, Mania - Treatment, Mania - Additional reading, Mania - Reference, Mania - Other meanings

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Meliboea was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children (the Niobids), and the only one (or one of the few) spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the Niobids in retribution for Niobe's insult to their mother Leto, bragging that she had many children and Leto had only two. Meliboea was so frightened by the ordeal, she turned permanently pale, changing her name to Chloris ("pale one"). This Chloris is referred to ...

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Chloris, Chloris - Chloris Nymph, Chloris - Chloris Meliboea, Chloris - Chloris Mother of Mopsus, Chloris - Etymology

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Bob first appeared in the 1993 release, "Where is God when I'm S-Scared?", Big Idea's first video, and America's first fully computer-generated animation. In it, he and Larry set the precedent for the opening format which became a VeggieTales standard, where a letter is read from a viewer by the duo on the kitchen counter which served as a sort of studio. He also played himself in the first of the two 15-minute segments in the video, comforting a frightened Junior Asparagus wit ...

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Bob the Tomato, Bob the Tomato - Origin and Evolution, Bob the Tomato - Performances, Bob the Tomato - Quotations

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The Avengers TV series - Season 1 1961. As of 2005, the only episodes known to still exist in their entirety from the first season are "Girl on the Trapeze" (which does not feature the character of John Steed) and "The Frighteners." The first 20 minutes of the premiere episode, "Hot Snow", have also been rediscovered.[1] The Avengers TV series - Season 2 1962-1963. The Avengers TV series - Season 3 1963-1964. The Avengers TV series - Season 4 1965-1966. See also:

The Avengers TV series, The Avengers TV series - Programme premise and overview, The Avengers TV series - With Dr. David Keel Ian Hendry, The Avengers TV series - With Cathy Gale Honor Blackman, The Avengers TV series - Arrival of Emma Peel Diana Rigg, The Avengers TV series - Departure of Emma Peel and the introduction of Tara King Linda Thorson, The Avengers TV series - Production team, The Avengers TV series - The New Avengers, The Avengers TV series - Rebroadcasts and DVD, The Avengers TV series - Episodes, The Avengers TV series - Season 1 1961, The Avengers TV series - Season 2 1962-1963, The Avengers TV series - Season 3 1963-1964, The Avengers TV series - Season 4 1965-1966, The Avengers TV series - Season 5 1967, The Avengers TV series - Season 6 1968-1969, The Avengers TV series - Spin-offs, The Avengers TV series - Books and comics, The Avengers TV series - Film, The Avengers TV series - Radio series, The Avengers TV series - Stage play

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Although the movie received a mostly positive outcome, some critics have accused this movie of being misogynistic with the hero using his agency's resources to stalk and frighten his wife whom he suspects is having an affair. Others have criticised the film for depicting Arabs as terrorists, although the terrorists depicted in the movie are played by actors of various mideast origins, including an Armenian and a Jew. As a result, the film was ban ...

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True Lies, True Lies - Criticism and reaction, True Lies - Cast

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As a young boy, he told his servants not to kill two snakes. Grateful, the snakes gave Melampus the ability to speak with animals. Melampus lived in Pylos during the reign of Anaxagoras or possibly Proetus. The king offered a reward for anybody that could heal his son, who suffered from a strange malady. Melampus killed an ox and talked to the vultures that came to eat the corpse. They said that the last time they had had such a feast was when the king had made a sacrifice. They told Melampus that the prince had been frightened of the ...

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Melampus, Melampus - Melampus in Myth, Melampus - Melampus' alleged Writings

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Most of the examples of collective behavior mentioned in the introduction are instances of crowd behavior, which both Park and Blumer treat as one but not the only form of collective behavior. The classic treatment of crowds is Gustave LeBon, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1896), in which LeBon writes from the position of a frightened aristocrat. He interprets the crowd episodes of the French Revolution as irrational reversions to animal emotion, which he sees as characteristic of crowds in general. Freud expressed a s ...

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Collective behavior, Collective behavior - Four kinds of collective behavior, Collective behavior - Bibliography, Collective behavior - See Also

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During World War II, U-boat warfare was the major component of the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted the duration of the war. Germany had the largest submarine fleet in World War II, due to the Treaty of Versailles which limited the surface navy of Germany to six battleships (of less than 10,000 tonnes), six cruisers and 12 destroyers. Winston Churchill, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister for most of the war, was quoted as saying, "The only thing that really frightened m ...

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U-boat, U-boat - World War I, U-boat - World War II

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The TARDIS lands in a petrified jungle. The crew explores, unaware the planet is radioactive. They see a distant city that looks deserted. The Doctor wants to explore, but Ian and Barbara want to leave. On the way to the ship, Susan is frightened by an unseen presence. Noises are heard outside the TARDIS, but the scanner shows nothing. Unobtrusively, the Doctor takes a part from the console and hides it. He starts the take-off procedure, but there’s a loud boom and the engine stops. The Doctor says the fluid link needs mercury. As there is none ...

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The Daleks, The Daleks - Synopsis, The Daleks - Plot, The Daleks - Cast, The Daleks - Notes, The Daleks - Alternative titles

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Willimantic is best known for its frog legend. The "Battle of Frog Pond" was an incident in 1754 around the time of the French and Indian War. The citizens of Windham (Willimantic is located in Windham) were awakened in the middle of the night by a tremendously frightening racket just outside of town. Assuming the worst, they seized their arms and prepared for the impending Indian attack. When morning arrived, the armed villagers marched in the direction of the noise only to discover that the nearby pond had dried up, and the area was ...

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Willimantic Connecticut, Willimantic Connecticut - History, Willimantic Connecticut - Geography, Willimantic Connecticut - Demographics

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Dave the Barbarian - Main Characters. Dave - A huge, muscular barbarian war-prince who would rather knit and cook than fight evil. He is afraid of a lot of things, and screams a lot. He only became a barbarian because he thought it was a librarian who also cut hair. At least once an episode, he will be frightened somehow, and shriek his high-pitched, ef ...

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Dave the Barbarian, Dave the Barbarian - Characters, Dave the Barbarian - Main Characters, Dave the Barbarian - Minor Characters, Dave the Barbarian - Main Enemies, Dave the Barbarian - Quotes

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was eventually completed and released on December 21, 1937. Tytla was next assigned to animate Stromboli, an explosive puppeteer and kidnapper in Pinocchio (1940). Larger-than-life, a monster of mercurial moods—comic and menacing by turns—Stromboli is one of Disney's most three-dimensional and frightening villains. "Bill was powerful, muscular, high-strung and sensitive, with a tremendous ego," wrote Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book The Disney VillainSee also:

Bill Tytla, Bill Tytla - Early years, Bill Tytla - Back in America, Bill Tytla - Marriage, Bill Tytla - Continued Disney career, Bill Tytla - The strike, Bill Tytla - Work at Terrytoons and Famous Studios, Bill Tytla - Work at Tempo Productions, Bill Tytla - Later years

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Iron Man - Armors. A notable element of the character is, unlike other superheroes, his appearance and abilities are continually in flux as Stark continually modifies and upgrades his equipment. This is most obvious with the regularly changing appearance of his armor. The Iron Man armor was originally grey, but Stark found that this appearance frightened innocents as well as criminals, so he spray-painted it gold (Tales of Suspense #40). This bulky first version armor was changed in Tales of SuspenseSee also:

Iron Man, Iron Man - Publication history, Iron Man - Character history, Iron Man - Origins, Iron Man - Changing fortunes, Iron Man - The Crossing and Heroes Reborn, Iron Man - The new millennium, Iron Man - Powers and abilities, Iron Man - Armors, Iron Man - Skills, Iron Man - Other versions of Iron Man, Iron Man - Ultimate Iron Man, Iron Man - Others, Iron Man - Appearances in other media, Iron Man - Animated series adaptations, Iron Man - Iron Man film, Iron Man - Video game adaptations, Iron Man - Toys, Iron Man - Popular culture, Iron Man - Bibliography, Iron Man - List of Iron Man titles, Iron Man - List of significant stories, Iron Man - Footnotes

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Many phrasal verbs may, of course, be used either in the idiomatic or the literal sense, such as: He came across the garden to speak to me (literal) I came across an old photograph (idiomatic) We came across him while he was working out (idiomatic) The old lady came across as being very frightened (idiomatic) or even: I am trying to keep my head above water, in the sense of keeping out of debt, which has an idiomatic meaning; or I a ...

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Phrasal verb, Phrasal verb - Idiomatic or literal verb-particle constructions?, Phrasal verb - Grammar in literal verb-particle constructions, Phrasal verb - Examples of literal and idiomatic verb-phrases, Phrasal verb - The origin of idiomatic phrasal verbs

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In the primary Earth-616 continuity of the Marvel Universe, Blink was first introduced in the "Phalanx Covenant" storyline, in which the extraterrestrially-derived techno-organic beings called the Phalanx captured her and several other young mutants to assimilate their powers. This version of Blink was tense and panicky and frightened of her powers (having "woken up in a pool of blood" after her first use of them). She eventually used her abilities to “cut-up” Harvest, a Phalanx entity guarding her and her peers but apparently died in the process. Because of her sacrifice, the remaining captives were set free ...

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Blink comics, Blink comics - Age of Apocalypse/Exiles Blink, Blink comics - Ultimate Marvel, Blink comics - Original Blink, Blink comics - Powers and abilities

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