Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fear Deal or Fumble. The President of the U.S. entered the fray in a vigorous political speech at a G.O.P. rally in Washington's Uline Arena, took his cue from the heritage of Lincoln: "Let us not be afraid to be humble as he was humble when it was necessary . . . When it comes down to [preserving] this nation . . . let us be just as courageous as Lincoln was courageous...
Dwight Eisenhower exhorted his party to be liberal in dealing with people, but in dealing with the people's money, to be conservative. "And don't be afraid to use the word," he advised sternly...
...Some Misunderstanding." Afraid that Molotov was determined to spin his disarmament proposal into a filibuster, the Western foreign ministers went back into the conference hall next day determined to hold Molotov to business. Strong words proved enough...
Apologizing at the end for the length of his speech, Molotov cracked, "I am afraid that, as we say in Moscow, I have overfulfilled my plan...
...their grade-schoo'-age children, Teacher McGonagle was more than ever convinced that children are both far more productive and far less hamstrung by realism than their parents. Said he flatly: "All the children's work is better than the parents." He added: "The adults are just afraid to let themselves...