Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three tunes in the past month the Administration had been so afraid of losing that it pulled its legislation off the floor. The Administration had hoped that Congress would approve an ongoing mechanism to carry out the provisions of the treaty over the 20-year span. That was too much to wish for. Last week Democrat John Murphy of New York worked out a complicated compromise that, in effect, would give Congress the right to approve the operation every year...
...calculated beyond any contradiction that there were 40 journalists for every genuine source of information. Had the government officials answered all the press requests they never would have had time to meet. There are a few melancholy figures who are afraid that maybe this depressing state of affairs is all but upon us. Heads of state will gather and do little more than be interviewed and appear on talk shows...
...daughter asks him to perform her wedding and he instantly agrees. On a Sunday afternoon he stands on a field, racquet in hand, as it starts to rain. One of the young people who surround him suggests he seek shelter. Replies the Pope: "We athletes are not afraid of rain...
...ruins, Kansas City faces an immediate financial loss if it cannot rebook scheduled events into other facilities. The earliest projected date that the coliseum can reopen is November. City officials are worried, however, that even after the coliseum is thoroughly checked out and rebuilt, Kansas City residents will be afraid...
...give the CIA a green light. Alas, the Uruguayan junta learns of the caper. In the international uproar, the President denies ever knowing of such a scheme. Poor Warren then pulls a John Dean. He tells the world that Frankling is lying. Why take on the President? "I was afraid of getting caught in the lies . . . No high-mindedness or purity involved at all-just fear...