Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...British public was in love with Diana. Men loved her for obvious reasons. Women loved her, as has been said many times since she died, because she went public with many of their concerns. She was not afraid to moan and cry and admit her vulnerability. She wasn't afraid to behave badly...
Arafat, however, may be neither inclined nor able to crush Hamas, as Netanyahu demands. The Israeli Prime Minister isn't afraid to take the gloves off either. When Albright telephoned Netanyahu in March to plead with him to delay the East Jerusalem settlement, "he stiffed her, rudely and angrily," reveals a U.S. official, "saying in a patronizing way that she didn't understand the issue...
...afraid to be creative. Puns are always in order, as demonstrated by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "Women's Studies 124: Pens and Needles: Needlework in History and Literature." Pretty punny...
...definitely think it's a huge improve ment, I'm just kind of afraid it's going to draw more students," said MAC user Jill E. Nadeau, who works for the athletic department...
...away to nothing. OK Computer does contain some complex, lovely music--the welcoming openness of Airbag; the baroque beauty of Paranoid Android; the steady, solemn build of Let Down. On those songs, this album takes flight, achieves orbit and looks down on all the earthbound bands below that are afraid to take such stylistic chances. But listeners should beware: there's only so much oxygen...