Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's legislative observers yesterday said they were afraid that the bill might prove attractive to legislatorswearied by the annual battle over the stadium. "We're in a pickle. We either have to work out a satisfactory solution or we may find ourselves with a solution imposed by the state in which we have very little say," one administrator commented...
...supposed to save were already gone, but I didn't care- it made me feel good just to be building something where somebody else had been destroying. Besides, there's still one nice stretch of the creek left, and maybe after all the uproar they'll be afraid to destroy it with any future projects. At least they're going to leave the creek and not cement...
...theory, the U.S. would like to see a restoration of democratic government in Greece, but it is afraid to push the Greek rulers too hard for fear that they might decide to seek arms or aid elsewhere. When Ambassador Tasca takes up his duties in Athens, he will try diplomatically to nudge Papadopoulos and his military colleagues toward more democratic rule...
...months of border skirmishes, the Chinese and Russians five weeks ago sat down to talks in Peking. Though the talks are believed to be stalemated, there have been no reports of renewed tension along the border. One explanation for the war preparations is that the Chinese, who seem genuinely afraid of Soviet military power, suspect that the Russians might seize on a breakdown in the talks as a pretext for launching a military strike against China. A war scare also serves Mao's domestic interests. Though 15 months ago he called an official halt to the disruptive Cultural Revolution...
...School professors were wholly enthusiastic about the Senate's decision. "I'm just afraid that Nixon's next nomination may be even worse," one said...