Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Education Association, in supporting Manning's decision to file suit, identified the problem when they noted that the school board was "afraid that somebody would use the term 'oral...
...sometimes I wimped out of the battle. I think at times I was afraid to fail the students, afraid to take on a big issue that mattered to them when I knew we would lose. I know now that sincerely and unapologetically leading people into battle for a good cause logically negates the very possibility of failure...
Other problems with the council itself have cropped up which were not really my fault or anyone else's, in my estimation. There are those who long for a council which hotly and passionately debates issues of a national scale, a council which isn't afraid to discuss issues of conscience whose locus is outside of Harvard. To this day, I believe that the council is not designed for politics. But that does not mean the elimination of politics has not bred new problems. The painful reality is that all the grandstanding and junior senatoring the council used...
...Women's Leadership Conference this past September where I met Dr. Oriol, she dispensed this advice: "At each intersection, you have to decide, `What do I want to do?' It might not look great, but that's okay. Don't be afraid to fail...
...even sure I actually am gay--most men are disgusting, and self-absorbed! I admire women, but somehow I'm not ready." His brother responds by telling him that "you are more confused than an anal-retentive anarchist. You're thirty-four and think maybe you're still just afraid of girls?" Such statements are conceptions of homosexuality that are not only outdated but offensive in their view that gay men are simply "afraid" of women, implying that homo-sexuality is not a viable, fulfilling expression of one's sexuality...