Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legions of unnecessary military bases, water projects and highway projects. When members of Congress decided in 1988 and 1991 to hand over authority to a special base-closing commission, they didn't do so because they couldn't resist campaign contributions from wealthy military officers. Instead, they were simply afraid that they would suffer retribution from outraged voters who would lose their jobs or customers if the bases shut down...
...Harvard students are not over-liberalized; Harvard students are afraid, generally afraid of failure, and very naturally so. When you've made it to the most prestigious university in the world, there are few excuses one can make for failure. You supposedly have all the resources, and all the ability, so what are you doing wrong that your life's not perfect? By far the easiest thing to do is pass the blame for an imperfect life onto some external cause...
...wasn't going to happen anyway. Believe me, this is true of virtually all the men here--yes, even the very attractive ones. If anyone has learned anything in getting here, it should be that asserting yourself is never the problem. Fear is the problem, and we are all afraid of rejection...
...going to Sanibel Island, Florida, with my three roommates, and we're going to stay at my roommate's place there," said Elizabeth E. Schiamberg '99. "We were going to go on a cruise, but my mother was afraid the boat was going to sink...
Simpson made very few enemies in politics but many adversaries, the former Wyoming Governor and IOP Fellow Mike Sullivan has said. And Thompson said Simpson has never been afraid to engage those who disagree with...