Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to be hell to pay. We've been letting coal go through for private homes and hospitals all along. But we've got to draw the line somewhere." With the National Guard and state police escorting coal trucks, confrontations became riskier. "I'm afraid we may see a move to violence," said one U.M.W. official in Washington. "We may see the 1930s again. These miners have fought the Army before...
Coach Dave Fish said, "I was afraid I would have to hand over the match, when Reese and Elliott rolled...
...politics. The Chicago machine trembled at the prospect of a prosecutor as Governor, but he has allayed their fears. "I made a special effort to get along with the Democrats," he explains, "because everybody was tired of the constant fighting. I wanted to show them that I was not afraid of compromise and that I was not the holder of all wisdom...
...also needed a popular issue, and so she did what had hitherto been politically unthinkable: she injected the explosive issue of immigration, meaning race, into the campaign. In a television interview, Mrs. Thatcher called for a "clear end to immigration," on the ground that "people are really rather afraid that this country might be swamped by people of a different culture. And, you know, the British character has done so much for democracy, for law, and done so much throughout the world, that if there is any fear that it might be swamped, people are going to react...
...were making The Young Lions, Brando, who was playing a Nazi officer, had the idea that in his death scene he should roll dramatically down a hill and land with his arms outstretched like Christ's. "He does that, I'll walk off the picture," Monty fumed, afraid that Brando would steal the movie. In the printed scene, Brando is simply shot in the head by Dean Martin. Later, however, during Monty's dark days, Brando came to him and tried to help him. "I've always hated you because I want to be better than...