Word: dreading
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...official close to Macmillan observed that the fiasco in the Bay of Pigs "will incline us to take a second look at any proposal. One is inclined to wonder." In France, says a U.S. observer, the impact of Cuba was "catastrophic." Possibly because of their own impulsiveness, the French dread it in others. Paris gloomily noted Kennedy's original pledge to stay at home, to rely on normal diplomatic channels, and to enter on summit diplomacy only after careful preparation. They now fear that Kennedy may be embarking on an inadequately thought out, poorly prepared summit meeting, whose objectives...
...Eichmann case is not a personal revenge. Eichmann is the symbol of an era, a dread precedent. This is being put on trial in Israel for world consideration. It is imperative that all free peoples join in condemning genocide and stamp it out for all times...
...Institute of Living offers what is for laymen the most sense-making distinction: guilt is apprehension over some transgression in the past, whether actually committed or merely contemplated, whereas anxiety involves only the possible and the future. Because the German equivalent, die Angst, carries a stronger connotation of dread, many psychiatrists prefer this term to the English word. Of itself, anxiety is not a neurosis, but it is an essential ingredient in almost all neuroses, most major mental and psychosomatic illnesses. Its victims fall into three broad categories...
...Dread of dirt (mysophobia) goes hand in overwashed hand with the cleanliness compulsion. The victim must carry out his cleansing routine even though he knows it is unreasonable. Otherwise, he finds himself the prisoner of intolerable anxiety. The cleanliness compulsion commonly arises from conflict involving a strict and perfectionist parent. The victim begins by being simply overneat and fussy about cleanliness. Then he gets into conflict with all the people around him who do not comply with his compulsive standards. His compulsion may drive him to excessive washing of his body, of clothes, and even doorknobs. (One legendary American tycoon...
...attitude, there will be no Federal aid to education bill passed during this session of Congress. As the liberal Catholic magazine Commonweal has noted, such bills confront three overlapping opposition groups. These are the economic conservatives, who don't want to spend any more money; the political conservatives, who dread increasing Federal power; and miscellaneous Southerners fearful of Powell-type amendments. So far, these three alone have won their fight. Add a substantial proportion of the nation's Catholics to this coalition, and you produce an unshakeable majority in Congress...