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Word: afraid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would-be godfather is afraid of being killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Why Lillo Is Lying Low | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...without its star, First, You Cry would be superior television. The unusually high-powered cast includes Anthony Perkins, Jennifer Warren and Florence Eldridge as Rollin's family and friends. Director George Schaefer helps keep the story from sliding into soap opera. Carmen Culver's script is not afraid to deal frankly with the physiological, psychological, sexual and social cruelties of cancer. It is Moore, however, who gives what is essentially a public service drama its surprisingly fine emotional texture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Once in Love with Mary | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...stupid for people to be deprived just because HRDC doesn't want to lose power," Sellars said, adding, "The Loeb is their play-toy and they are afraid of losing...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Drama Club Votes To Reject Brustein | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...earn a possible 30 points on one test. I got one point." Top scorers though they are, 30% of the entering class do not graduate from Caltech. Observes Dean of Students Ray Owen: "At midyear, half the freshmen are failing math and one-third are failing physics. They are afraid, and they couple that with their uncertainty in social terms; half have never dated. Still, many students confide to me that they love it here. They'll say, 'It is the first place I have been where I am not considered a monster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Community of Scientists | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Because of John Howe's caprius use of his assessment powers and the great influence of the Howe family in Somerville, many of those whose assessment were raised by Howe were afraid to talk to The Crimson...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, COPYRIGHT 1978, THE HARVARD CRIMSON, INC. | Title: Howe Family May Have Used Taxes For Political Advantage in Somerville | 11/3/1978 | See Source »

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