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...fact that one brave dining-hall worker had to stand in front of students last Thursday night as a representative of those who felt too threatened to be there otherwise was shocking. He told us that when people are already afraid of losing their jobs in this harsh economy, Harvard’s service workers feel as though they must keep quiet about their beliefs or closeted about their sexuality in front of their managers...
...ratings," he says. "That is combined with the gut reaction of the French to protect, to be interventionist, to centralize. But more importantly, his talk about repatriation undermines the concept of the E.U.'s single market. And when it gets to this level, there is good reason to be afraid...
Some people thought you were condoning promiscuity. Right. It became a cause celebre. I remember the New York Times magazine ran an article called "Who's Afraid of Erica Jong?" That was typical. Over the years it settled in and became a classic, but initially the feelings that people had were extremely violent. And living through that was an interesting experience...
...especially sharp and unexpected economic downturn is that the gambling instinct gets kicked out of everyone. That goes from the man at the Black Jack table who has been up 48 hours drinking Scotch and trying to win a few hundred dollars back, to the person who is too afraid to bet a portion of his income on buy a house because it may lose some of its value...
...says things that appeal. He talks about the things people are afraid of." - A 29-year-old Nokdim resident, talking about his support for Lieberman. (Telegraph, February 10th...