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Word: afraid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best possible outcome of this report would be that Harvard would take full advantage of the structures implemented. Spence would appoint a vocal associate dean not afraid to lean on departments who do not make increasing minorities and women faculty members a priority. Faculty representatives would put affirmative action ahead of departmental parochialism and chummy loyalties. And Harvard would lead an effort by the nation's universities to encourage minorities and women to enter academic professions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bureaucratic Solution | 3/8/1989 | See Source »

...disapproval helps keep some bisexual, lesbian, and gay people afraid to live openly; the stress of maintaining a lie can cause depression and even suicide...

Author: By Joe Cice, | Title: A Much-Needed Dialogue | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

...personal and delicate nature of the issue has made it difficult to bring cases of homophobic harassment to the public eye and to use them to mobilize campus awareness and concern, since victims are generally afraid to come forward with their complaints. Unfortunately, anti-homosexual bigotry is not alien to university life, and it is easy to understand the frustration which groups like Defeat Homophobia feel in trying to deal with the problem. One can therefore understand how quickly Defeat Homophobia was able to organize a Kiss-in at Mather to denounce homophobia after Sunday's confrontation...

Author: By Christopher A. Ford, | Title: Defeating the Purpose | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

...people don't want to go to the meetings," said Michael E. Johnson '92, who is a member of the council and the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE). "And if they do go, they're afraid of asking the wrong questions...They [freshmen] need early information and the fair provides literature and personal contact with members of the department which can be helpful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Look at Concentrations | 3/3/1989 | See Source »

Defending his tactics, King writes "It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent-register may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word 'tension...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Exploding the Myth of Tolerance | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

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