Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wilson makes no bones about being a social democrat, and his policy suggestions are correspondingly nothing if not ambitious in the context of American politics. He is not afraid to claim that helping the underclass entails an overhaul of the American economy and growth in the public sector...
...This was supposed to be a secret ballot election," said Taylor, adding that staff members might have been afraid to vote against the union, worrying that if HUCTW won they would be treated unfairly...
Meanwhile, some human rights officials are afraid that Schafer, if pushed too far, might take drastic action. Said Baar: "I fear for the lives of the Dignidad people if it comes to conflict there. I am certain that shootings cannot be avoided, and I say that out of deep conviction...
...served deportation orders on a prominent Palestinian activist, Mubarak Awad, 44, in Jerusalem. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Awad returned to his native city in 1985 to preach peaceful civil disobedience against the occupation. Said his wife: "If the Israelis fear a man who favors nonviolent resistance . . . they must be afraid of everyone...
...legitmacy," as if it were a neutral fact. I think this new boom in superstition is bad news of the first order. Television coverage of late has been limited to interviews with psuedoscientists and their devotees, who naturally are gleeful about the recent turn of events. The press seems afraid to point out how stupid a belief in astrology is, how discredited a "science" it is, and how silly it is of Reagan to be mixed up with...