Word: afraid
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...Diversity simply refers to a racial mix, not whether the people in that mix get along. For my new book The Color of Our Future, I traveled around the country and found a generation that is increasingly aware of diversity but equally likely to be confused by it or afraid...
While the ADA has heightened awareness that discriminating against the disabled is illegal, there has been a backlash from some less enlightened employers, sources say. "Because of a greater awareness of the law, sometimes companies are afraid to hire people with a disability. They fear that they'll be sued if that person is fired for any reason," says Patricia Veal, a human-resources placement specialist with the North Carolina division of vocational-rehabilitation services in Greensboro...
...consistently tell people, `Don't be afraid of too many spices. They won't get get too overbearing, as long as you add them tofit to your favorite tastes," Ambrose said...
Still, says a security source, "the most dangerous group so far is the Denver cult." Israeli authorities are afraid that undetected members may go underground. Last week the Concerned Christians were described by their lawyer as being nice people who, like other pious foreigners, were simply awaiting the return of Jesus. And, oh yes, they expect the U.S. to be destroyed by the end of the year...
Some are worried that the economy will falter if Clinton is removed, but that is giving the president too much credit for the decisions of Alan Greenspan. Finally, the most justified concern: some are afraid that the president's conviction would strengthen the hold of conservative Republicans over Congress. But the Democrats would be in a stronger position to keep the right wing in check if we had an honest leader in the Oval Office...