Word: afraid
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...Paso, which borders Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez—arguably the most dangerous city in Mexico—passed a resolution to open up dialogue on an end to drug prohibition in the United States. The resolution was vetoed by the mayor, partly because he was afraid of losing federal funds for the city, but nevertheless achieved the intended effect of raising awareness of the issue...
...have been the victim of violent crime and understand what it is like to be afraid to walk around public spaces,” he wrote. “Over the years, I have also known many young men and women who have been lost to gun violence in Boston’s neighborhoods...
...When the opportunity to make appointments is scarce, then members with strong ideological commitments are likely to think that with every appointment we make who doesn’t employ my preferred methodology I’m afraid that it will be at the expense of someone who practices my methodology,” said Professor Richard H. Fallon...
...need to visit the Institute of Contemporary Art, to walk the Freedom Trail, to crack an oyster at the Union Oyster House. I am afraid I missed all the Red Sox play-off games...
...east, Turkistan Bhittani, a militant leader who has mustered a small militia to fight alongside Pakistan's army, is leading it into South Waziristan through his tribe's traditional territory. So far, the Mehsuds have sat out the fight. "Our tribe is against these militants, but they are all afraid," says Maulana Banat Khan Mehsud, another elder of the Abdullah Mehsud group...