Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...afraid for America," Jungk writes in his last chapter, "afraid of its losing the best of itself, the esteem for freedom and humanity, in the struggle for nearly godlike omnipotence." Only at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton did he find a glimmer of hope. There someone told him: "All that you've seen in America ... is not what is to come but what is already passing." "So you don't think the future will be simply an intensification of this alarming present?" asked Jungk. "No," replied his mentor. "In spite of everything, there is hope...
...magazines and books they read. Four out of ten admitted that they tended to "avoid" such topics as the New Deal, public housing, McCarthy, Communism. Some teachers (21½%) even expressed concern over talking about the Bill of Rights and the Fifth Amendment. A few (17%) were definitely afraid of "being spied upon" by loyalty investigators. Whether such timidity is justified, the Mirror did not say. But warranted or not, the unpleasant fact remained that of the teachers polled, one out of every two reported: "Teachers in Los Angeles [are] afraid to teach in the manner in which they...
...McCarthy who weakens the faith of the American people - it is those in authority who coddle the Communists and are afraid to take a firm stand on the vital issue...
...last will and testament turned the whole trial topsy-turvy. "Who knows what will happen to me?" said the letter, ferreted out by a newsman and subpoenaed by the court. "I have too many Christian scruples to commit suicide, but knowing both Montagna and Piccioni, I am afraid to disappear without leaving a trace of myself. Unfortunately for myself, I have learned that Ugo is the chief of a dope ring responsible for the disappearance of many women. He is the brains of this organization, while Piero Piccioni is the assassin...
...Gunder Hägg of Sweden. All that's necessary is that the right runners meet on the right track. "You need a small stadium. That helps block the wind . . . And above all, the runner should not be psychologically tied down. He shouldn't be afraid of the mighty four-minute mile . . . In a four-man field, with maybe one pacer for the first quarter, you can stretch out and go, smoothly and without interruption." Hägg's candidate to turn the trick: Britain's Roger Bannister, "because he has the brains...