Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Minnesota, Jovon had become an expert on The Body's campaign high jinks. But the most harrowing moments for Joel, Romesh and Michele come when Jovon turns a critical eye toward their own pieces in the magazine. "He can be brutal," says Stein. "After Jovon, I'm not afraid of any of my editors here...
Rosenthal says one reason other schools don't run similar surveys is that they are expensive. He speculates, also, that they may be afraid of getting less-than-stellar results...
...they afraid of the bad news?" Rosenthal said. "I don't know...
...also points to the Empire State's unique voters, who are receptive to independent thinkers, and who aren't afraid to challenge the status...
...fatal misjudgment, as the bloodbath showed. Why the killing? There were all kinds of theories. Perhaps the military, angered at having to give up territory it had fought so hard to pacify, wanted to get a few last licks in before pulling out. The military leadership was also clearly afraid that other restive provinces like Aceh and Irian Jaya would use the East Timor precedent to push for their own secession--and so, the theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce East Timor...