Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Life of Rudyard Kipling, by C. E. Carrington, went a long way toward explaining the mind, the character (and so the work) of the great British writer who was not afraid to celebrate character, whether in his countrymen or in his country...
Asked if Harvard would return to the Rose Bowl, graduate manager Fred Moore said, "I'm afraid not, We had a marvelous time, but we have broken with tradition and we shall hear...
Author Buchan is not one to break up an erotic clinch, but amusing traces of British practicality crop up in the lovers' dialogue (" 'Oh Armin, you've covered me up! You are kind!' 'I was afraid you might catch a chill,' he said.") The husband soon puts a deep chill on the whole affair by taking Laura back to England...
...morning CRIMSON there appears what I suppose is intended to be a review of the production of "Alcestis" by the Adams House players. The language of this review is so obscure I am afraid I do not understand it except to gather that the reviewer chose to dislike everything about the production. Given the extraordinary difficulties of producing any Greek play, and given also the handicap of producing any play at the Christmas season, may I say that on one spectator, at least, the production of "Alcestis" had an effect of considerable beauty and that, considering the attentiveness...
...sure to be as controversial as any to date: the memoirs of General Franco, which will give the dictator's view of the Spanish Civil War. "I came to the conclusion that Franco was entitled to a book," says Regnery. "No one else had suggested it. I'm afraid other publishers were afraid they would be called Fascists." Regnery, who is used to being called worse, approached Franco through officials, persuaded him to do the book. U.S. publication date: 1957. Regnery had a chance to meet Franco, but he passed it up in typical fashion. Said...