Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only one student said people changed their estimation of him because he had been in a mental hospital. "They were very straight, very uptight people," he said. "They just didn't know how to handle the situation. One of my roommates treated me very gingerly, as if he were afraid of me. The other regarded me voyeuristically, and was offensively solicitious about everything...
...lack of guts, thinks Jack Hanson, owner of the celebrated California-based Jax women's sportswear boutiques, that has held men back until now. Says he: "The problem is that so many male homosexuals have always dressed far-out that other men are afraid of being identified as one." Evidently Hanson believes that the old fear is fading, for he has just opened a Jax for Men boutique in Beverly Hills...
JOHNSON'S tactic seems based on Ronald Reagan's suggestion of "letting the Cong go to bed every night afraid we're going to hit them with the big one in the morning." As an extension of a bomb-them-to-the-conference-table policy, it offers little encouragement to those hoping for unilateral U.S. concessions...
...terribly afraid, as some of our Vietnamese friends over there were afraid, that we'll resort to even the greater fire power that we have. We'll lay rubble to everything, including perhaps using nuclear weapons. It's in this context that people get very worried. They have no confidence at all in restraint on the part of the United States...
There was a glorious festive air at the Crimson last night. Bubbly, aspiring candidates filled the red-brick building on Plympton St. A few of the bravest ventured an interest in sports. But don't be afraid to admit that you forgot last night's show: there's another one tonight at 7:30. Take an hour--there are no classes tomorrow. If by some tragedy you can't make it tonight, don't give up. There's always room. Just come down to the Crimson before Sunday and leave a note for RDP. Those Spring sports are just around...