Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were afraid of criticism, this would be the wrong job," he said. "There are easier ways to make a living...
...clients resonate to Brandt. "He gave me perspective," says Ruth. Before testing, she was afraid that she would become "mean" like her mother. "He said to me, 'Your mother's personality is very different, so if you think the manifestations will be the same for you, you're wrong.' I'll never forget that." The most moving testimony, though, came from John, a married man who deeply desired a child but feared passing on the Huntington's gene. In a recent letter to Brandt's team, John thanked them for providing the "strength and courage" to take the test, which...
...These new super-rich won't loosen up their wads because they're afraid they'll reduce their net worth and go down on the list," he told Dowd. "That's their Super Bowl...
...million: Households in the U.S. in which people are afraid of not getting enough...
...Hemingway agrees. "Occasionally he would have a special cocktail I prepared for him, and at hotel staff parties he would drink," he recalls. "But he was not a big boozer." In the private Ritz Club downstairs, an employee says, "everyone here knows what really happened, but we're afraid to talk." He adds, "Monsieur Paul was not responsible. He just took orders...