Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...your first trip into Boston, don't be afraid to play tourist. The first thing tourists hit--especially those who are also history buffs--is the Freedom Trail...
...against Westinghouse, charging that blacks, who constitute about 22% of the 11,500 employees, have systematically been denied promotions and been kept at the most hazardous jobs. Only 400 of the site's 2,500 minority employees have joined the Hightowers. "There are a lot of us who are afraid to step in," says an African-American worker who would identify himself only as a production operator. "We support them, but if they lose that suit, we think it's going to get a lot worse for us out there." Some plaintiffs say they have been chastised by workers...
...milk? Be very afraid. Or, preferably, a bit skeptical. Some folks are about to try to convince you that milk is toxic. But the real question is, What's more dangerous to your health: milk, or celebrities and activists embarked on the latest trendy crusade? This week marks the publicity-pumped debut of the AntiDairy Coalition, a band of physicians, self-described "Hollywood personalities" and others who decry what they call "the health and nutritional risks of consuming dairy products...
...says W., "the only reason they don't go further is because they're afraid rumors will be spread...
There are two important elements there: the sense of wonder and hope, and the identification with a child's point of view. Spielberg's best characters are like elaborations of the heroes from old Boy's Life serials, plucky kids who aren't afraid to get in over their head. Even Oskar Schindler has something of that in his makeup--the boy's delight in pulling off a daring scheme and getting away with...