Word: afraid
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...message was modern - express yourself, be confident - but it came with traditional assumptions: You will lift up your whole family....I noticed something: the students did not fall asleep. They did not look bored. No one ever left to use the bathroom during the two-hour class; they were afraid they might miss something...They took only what they needed, grasping the principal lesson long before I did: If you look and act like someone of a higher class, you will become that person...
...solution. Not a solution to his financial woes, alas, but to the anxiety that had hijacked his peace of mind. He was stalked by a fear of the future - "of the innocent persons who would suffer" because of his losses. But when he hit the river, he was suddenly afraid of something clear and present. Fava had perspective, and he clung to a piling in a desperate bid to undo his decision...
...which crowd a parking lot inside the factory complex. Opel electrician Katrin Huber, 29, isn't happy about this vacation. "The plant shutdown is going to cost me more than $400," she says. "But worse is that we just don't know what the future holds. I'm afraid that the plant could close...
...brief essays, look up, shake your head, and think "What the hell is this guy talking about?" For that, you should be grateful. All too many books about film regurgitate the same old pablum about the same old movies over and over again. Thomson, however, isn't afraid to tear down critical darlings (he hates Stanley Kubrick), isn't afraid of spoilers (there's a strong argument to be made for film criticism that can only be read after having seen the movie, not before), and reveals a cinematic knowledge of frightening depth. This all makes for a bracing, infuriating...
...committee members think such selections contribute to mutual understanding, they are fools. If they do not, they are, I’m afraid, fiends...