Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prepared. Sure, ostensibly I have an ample cache of bankable practical skills--I can put together a mean PowerPoint presentation and can do basic arithmetic with the best of them. But when it comes to answering the really important questions--how to live and what to love--I'm afraid that my performance would fall in the bottom percentiles...
Micah T. Lewin '03, who attended the gathering, said of Beatty, "he's honest and not afraid to say what he believes...
...said that Cohen is interested in determining the truth, and is not afraid of uncovering information that will reflect poorly on the military...
...correspondent I felt safe except for the same things as everyone, such as falling off a cliff on the edge of a road," she said. "I was never afraid for my life in Bogota or traveling through the country and never received a threat. My accent protected me and gave me greater access...
...fortitude to keep its cars in the garage? I think so. The last time I was there, literally hundreds of nearly life-size fiber-glass cows, each decorated by a different artist, were displayed on the sidewalks of Michigan Boulevard. Given the traditional cattle sensitivity of Midwestern boosters afraid of having their cities dismissed as cow towns, I told my hosts that a city in Illinois that festoons its most elegant shopping area with bovine creatures is not lacking in the self-confidence department...