Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best we can in the interest of our own sanity and independence. My own solution--and this more a guideline than a rule--has come from using the wisdom of my ghostly Hollis roommate, R.W. Emerson himself. We know how he favored independence and how he wasn't afraid to be creatively inconsistent. As he said (probably around fall term?), "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
...comes down to the same traits that his psychologist noted when Gates was in sixth grade. "In Bill's eyes," says Glaser, "he's still a kid with a startup who's afraid he'll go out of business if he lets anyone compete." Esther Dyson, whose newsletter and conferences make her one of the industry's fabled gurus, is another longtime friend and admirer who shares such qualms. "He never really grew up in terms of social responsibility and relationships with other people," she says. "He's brilliant but still childlike. He can be a fun companion...
...petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its follies, or denounce its barbarities, the truly monumental achievements of the Middle Ages have become too vast for us to cope with or even understand; we are too small and too afraid." Let me offer this as an ideal opening sentence to any question even tangentially nudging on the Middle Ages. And now, you see, having dazzled me, won me by your personal, involved, independently-minded assertion, your only job is to keep me awake. When I sleep I give...
...tough and fast, and it's fun to watch people go out and go crazy. I think it's exciting to watch because you can tell it's exciting to play," she says. "It's good for people to go out and see women [who are] not afraid of being strong or getting muddy...
...makes the American people aware of problems that need fixing, but not a woman who is so arrogant that she will lie. We do not want a First Lady who tries to force her liberal ideas on the country or who says those who disagree with her ideas are afraid of a strong woman. EDWARD M. JOHNSON Charlotte, North Carolina...