Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its follies, or denounces 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...
...needs to raise $20 million to $25 million before the end of the year. Whatever his chances, his entry injects at least some interest into the Democratic race. More importantly, it introduces a steam-venting outlet for Democrats who, as a result of the Republican impeachment stampede, have been afraid to air their anti-Clinton-Gore frustrations...
...happen. Unfortunately, those lonely hearts out there do not sport any recognizable labels like DKNY or Tommy Hilfiger, so we burrow deeper and deeper into our own graves. Maybe I'm not giving other people enough credit. Maybe everyone is a lonely, bored masochist just like me, but is afraid of letting anyone know lest a revolution be born greater than anything Marx could whip...
...afraid to ask for professional help, especially if you're tackling alcoholism, drug or nicotine addiction...
...junkie, mostly by prescription; a hedonist, generally by inclination; and a profligate, largely by longing. He wanted to be the naughty boy and the good son both. He carried his collection of police badges with him everywhere, a putative peace officer who loved to disturb the peace. He was afraid of the dark, so he slept in the day, explaining, "I know in the daytime when I go to sleep that it's dark in my room, and I pretend like it's night, but I know it's daytime, and I'm not afraid to fall asleep...