Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Whenever I run into the radicals I went to college with in the '60s I'm afraid they're going to accuse me of 'selling out,"' she says. "But the financial world has an important effect on people's lives. I'd like to see more humanistically oriented people go into business and maintain their values...I feel a responsibility to take the skills I've gained at HBS and use them to foment change...
...them bumped into Wyszynski in the breakfast room and said cheerfully, "There is sure to be great jubilation in your country today, don't you think?" "Yes," said Wyszynski somberly, "but there will be none in Wojtyla." Indeed, Wojtyla told the St. Peter's crowd that "I was afraid to accept this nomination," and on at least three occasions in the first 24 hours he wept openly: in the conclave, upon his election; during his first appearance on the balcony; and the following evening when he drove in an open sedan to Rome's Gemelli Clinic to visit a friend...
...ethnic discrimination I'm bitching about--it's a different kind of elite than it was years ago. They're making judgments on people according to their personalities and their values--and that bothers me," one student who (like almost evervone else) wished to remain anonymous said. He was afraid of losing some friends. He was also "checking out" the punching season...
...loves the way I love baseball, but at the same time he is very much afraid of me. Deep down inside I don't think he likes anyone," he said...
...strike is also unsettling other foreign firms that are thinking of starting plants in the U.S., notably Japan's automaking Toyota, Nissan (Datsun) and Honda. Says one Japanese automan: "If U.S. workers ask to get even with General Motors and Ford right away, I'm afraid no company will come here...