Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that happens, administrators and faculty members say the University will change its pension and benefit plans for professors. But they are less certain about the law's effects on faculty hiring--some say they are afraid a hiring stoppage could occur, though most are concerned that there may end up being too few, rather than too many, faculty members...
...afraid you might mention that. I suppose I might say, "Here's somebody who's trying to call attention to himself." But I leave that to others to interpret. It's always hard to describe yourself...
...started my business in Florida," he says, "because I thought I'd make a lot of money from old people who were attached to their pets. But they're mostly into cremation and burial. They're afraid of new ideas. Most of my customers are younger, in their 20s, with no kids, from the Midwest...
...check the Common Casting [brochure] to see if anything really interests me, but I doubt it," she said before the start of this semester. "I'm probably just afraid of rejection...
That afternoon, following an airport run to greet returning players, he meets with a distraught girl. Huddled in the Olds' front seat, she tells a sad tale. Her unstable mother has threatened her with a knife. She's afraid to go home, reluctant to call the police. A struggling student, she lacks money for needed books. And she'd like to play for Upward Bound, but fears the humiliation of failure...