Word: afraid
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...going to vote for Obama. I’m really afraid of the anti-science movement in our country. People pick what issues are important for them, and for some people it’s things like gay marriage or abortion. I hate to say blanket statements about liberals or conservatives, but I wish that people who were so fanatical about abortion would apply their same principles to people who are already alive in the world. Sarah Palin is a creationist and that’s frightening because if we allow that type of a person...
...Harvard was able to bounce back. A brief rain delay only postponed the inevitable, as every Crimson player competing for the team bettered her first-round score. Captain Ali Bode (77-74-151) finished in fourth, and junior Claire Sheldon (79-73-152) fifth. “We were afraid we were going to get rained out [and finish in third], so when we got to play, we were really excited about having the opportunity to show we were the best team there,” Harvey said. “We certainly don’t panic after...
...face I consider most salient: the wimp. Having backed down on the things he should have stood up for - peace, separation of church and state, the environment - he is now a Republican lite, like John Kerry was. That's not change I can believe in, and I am afraid it will cost him the election. Janet Maker, Los Angeles...
...Christian faith displays internal contradictions as well, the hypocrisies that always dwell with zeal. Asked whether she thinks evolution or creationism should be taught to Alaskan schoolchildren, Palin fell back upon the language of free speech: “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of information…Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools.” Yet, as mayor of Wasilla, Palin hoped to ban certain books from the town library. For Palin, the belief that the Judeo-Christian God created the universe...
...What kept Russia away from us was our strength. We just have to become a strong country that no one wants to fool with. I'm afraid we don't have the strength we had during the Reagan days. Back then no one wanted to mess with us. We diminished that strength through the Clinton days. We've got to get that strength back, where everyone says, "Don't mess with America, man." It's like [being] a martial artist. You walk down the street and it's like, "Don't mess with him, man. He'll kick your head...