Word: afraid
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...memory of her maid was of the delicious pralines she made. When I went to speak to the maid, she [remembered] working for this woman when [civil rights activist] Medgar Evers had just been assassinated. Her children were walking down the street in a protest and she was so afraid her employer would turn on the TV and see them and then she would lose...
...When I was coming out I was so afraid,” said Kathryn A. Willmore, former vice president of MIT and longtime friend of Dobkin’s. “And then I would put on Alix’s songs and they would tell me that I was moving to exactly the right place...
...biggest accomplishment this semester, I believe, was our doubles,” Green said. “Everyone mixed up their partners, however, I think we improved our doubles formations and overall aggressiveness. They were afraid of the ball early in the semester. Now they’re hitting Pete Sampras overheads...
...That’s the way I am. Life is too short for dawdling” and “What about me? Haven’t these days meant anything for you?” and “She taught me not to be afraid of myself anymore” leave Walker and his fellow characters trapped in two dimensions. This stands in opposition, however, to the time and space Walker traverses—in such a multilayered, diligently designed novel, clichés seem strangely out of place. Perhaps, then, their presence is meant to highlight...
Most of the Republican presidential contenders - yes, I'm afraid the 2012 race is starting up already - are not running hard to the right, at least so far. Mitt Romney has refrained from throwing himself behind the momentary passions of the party's base, for example, by staying out of the conservative-moderate fight in New York. Tim Pawlenty felt obliged to endorse Hoffman, but he has successfully governed a Midwestern state that has a strong liberal tradition. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, has been playing to the base and has the low poll numbers with moderates to prove...