Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...religious person, and I'm afraid it has been a long time since I darkened the door of a church, but thank you, TIME, for recognizing that just because Billy Graham is a salesman, it doesn't mean he is insincere. And thank you too, for recognizing that beneath our outward veneer most of us are longing for something...
...field and in Washington. All through his long career, he has compiled an enviable diplomatic record that is known and admired by his colleagues. Now, in an entirely new political climate, he is being punished for a statement he honestly made a decade ago. Officials understandably are becoming afraid to report the truth from foreign countries as they see and feel it if their reports might be unpalatable to key groups in the Administration and Congress--immediately or years from...
...growled the petition carrier, "thats what's the matter these days--everybody's too afraid...
...including bar equipment, a Scrabble game ("I'm just learning to play") and an umbrella-shaped umbrella stand. At Saks Fifth Avenue there was a mob scene as the Queen Mother bought jeweled cashmere sweaters for Queen Elizabeth (size 12) and Princess Margaret (size 10). "I'm afraid I'm buying too much," said the Queen, with a sudden womanly qualm. But then, in an equally womanly way, she comforted herself: "But I can see that Christmas is not going to be any trouble...
...afraid too many of our police will be stationed at the polls," complained Councilman Edward J. Sullivan. "Just how many will be patrolling the streets during the day and night of the elections...