Progress has meant the looming specter of the complete dehumanization of the individual and the catastrophe of ecological collapse. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Noun : the specter of disease or famine. From Dictionary.com.
To paraphrase Karl Marx, a specter is haunting Europe. From Wordnik.com. [June 2005] Reference
A specter is stalking the Western world, and it looks a lot like Grandma. From Wordnik.com. [kill grandma] Reference
His life and loved ones are all lost to him, but a specter from the past awakens him to an identity more than 3200 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Let’s Bypass the Elite in Book Design, Too] Reference
Recall specter hangs over high court as it considers Prop. 8 challenges. From Wordnik.com. [memeorandum] Reference
« "Recall specter hangs over high court as it considers Prop. 8 challenges". From Wordnik.com. [Election Law] Reference
The specter was a disturbing culmination of 30 years of a country growing brittle from within. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
Assured that the specter was a man and nothing more nor less, Tom had hurried back to reassure the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays] Reference
This is an awful specter, which is ever ready to appear before the man who has embarked his all in one venture. From Wordnik.com. [In Luck at Last] Reference
It all created a foul odor, namely the specter of illegal trading and profiting on non-public, inside information. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Dorfman: Wall Street Regulators Probe Burger King Buyout] Reference
From the opening sentence ( "A specter is haunting spectrum policy the specter of commons.") to the real nut-grafs (Buried on page 55!. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 Archives] Reference
U.S. law has a term for the kind of specter raised here: monopoly. From Wordnik.com. [The United States versus Bill Gates] Reference
Communism was no longer merely the "specter" Marx and Engels had described in 1848. From Wordnik.com. [The History of May Day] Reference
And "specter" is used correctly there, as someone before me has already defined the word for you. From Wordnik.com. [Good Americans and bad English] Reference
A specter is haunting the Democratic Party. From Wordnik.com. [mjh's blog — 2007 — December] Reference
But I fear that 'specter' would be a more appropriate word. From Wordnik.com. [The Wings of the Morning] Reference
The specter which is said to haunt these walls has revealed itself to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayor's Wife] Reference
Do you really have some kind of specter hanging out? ". From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
A specter is haunting Russia — the specter of corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Good Cop, Mad Cop] Reference
And in the West, they finger the catchall specter of racism. From Wordnik.com. [E Pluribis Islam?] Reference
This has much less plausibility than the longer-waits specter. From Wordnik.com. [Attack!] Reference
Such is the specter of disaster now haunting a jittery continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Euro Panic] Reference
The authorities are watching closely, wary of the specter of 1994. From Wordnik.com. [Money On The Move] Reference
He'll also be trailing the specter of rising protectionism in America. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Behind The Smiles] Reference
But the specter of death at the hands of sixth and seventh graders cries out for answers. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys Behind The Ambush] Reference
Raising the specter of political correctness, Brook rejects the idea of inserting a "" token '' woman. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragicomic Variety Show] Reference
In the opposite corner, the debate over health-care reform has raised the dreaded specter of rationing. From Wordnik.com. [It May Not Save Your Life] Reference
Such a move would raise the specter of a full-fledged Balkan war, involving Albania, Greece and Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [Oops. Maybe We Shouldn't Have.] Reference
"They feel that the specter of international intervention has been removed," says a Western diplomat in Belgrade. From Wordnik.com. [Give Peace A Chance?] Reference
Faced with the specter of Taiwanese independence, no leaders in Beijing are eager to contemplate political reform. From Wordnik.com. [VIEWPOINT: DEMOCRATIC CONTAGION?] Reference
Though the evidence to back up such accounts was thin, Clinton repeatedly raised the specter of voter intimidation. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton's Wager Pays Off] Reference
Still haunted by the specter of 1989, the leadership won't likely permit any grassroots demonstration in the square. From Wordnik.com. [ASIA: FURIES UNLEASHED] Reference
While Colombia trades accusations with Ecuador and Venezuela, the specter of the U.S. policy looms large over the region. From Wordnik.com. [Up in Arms] Reference
Like all genetic testing, the test also raises the specter of discrimination by health-insurance companies and employers. From Wordnik.com. [Risk Assessment] Reference
I believe those who look to the horizon and see the specter of a more democratic China and cry, "" The Great Wall is falling!. From Wordnik.com. [An Emigrant's Hopes For China] Reference
The specter of the Zodiac consumes and contorts each of these men, affecting their marriages, their minds and their identities. From Wordnik.com. [The Rage of Aquarius] Reference
As a University of Central Florida undergraduate, Jennifer Cannon managed for four years to ward off the specter of credit-card debt. From Wordnik.com. [Managing The Perils Of Student Debt] Reference
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