Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What's the [council] afraid of in gettingstudent opinion?" he asks...
...philandering, has grown weary of his wife's grief; he figures, correctly, that Marion will not be able to resist Eddie, who is so close in age to the dead sons. For her part, Marion plans to run away from both her unfaithful husband and the daughter she is afraid to love lest she lose her too. Marion uses Eddie, who has fallen into bed and love with her, to help her get away. She takes almost all the photographs of her sons with her, leaving her daughter without a mother and the walls with nothing but picture hooks...
...journey. TIME's leader of the next century will be the person who can envision and provide a society that ensures individual freedom and a better quality of life without relying on economic growth. Technology will improve our lives, but the true leaders will be those who are not afraid to deal with the concept of a finite earth. JOHN DYER Roanoke...
...This room tells people something about why we are afraid of what architects might do," said a neighborhood resident referring to Gund Hall's white, boxshaped auditorium. "We're afraid that you'll make more buildings like this that we don't like...
...weeks since, I have sent a few resumes to banks and consulting firms. I even flirted with the idea of joining the Marines. But I'm afraid that things don't look good. I haven't heard from any of those banks or consulting firms, and I can't do the required number of pull-ups that the few and the proud demand. Right now, it looks as if I may spend my vacation months selling used cars in Tucson, Ariz...