Word: fear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sufficiently lovable, others would be drawn to us. Our young had so much security in the postwar world that they felt it was the order of nature, that nothing needed to be done to preserve it. It does not work that way. There must be respect, even tinged with fear...
...Army is growing in size. Marauding bands of N.P.A. guerrillas frequently harass army patrols and sometimes even occupy isolated villages for several days at a time. Few Filipinos, and even fewer knowledgeable Western observers, are convinced that the country is on the verge of becoming another Iran. But many fear that in the long run the confluence of injustice and bloodshed could threaten the Marcos regime and lead to revolution. Jaime Cardinal Sin, the country's spiritual leader as Archbishop of Manila, has clearly indicated his fears for the future if democracy is not restored. "The greatest punishment that...
...same time, however, high-level Western diplomats in the Middle East report that Crown Prince Fahd was "deeply dismayed" by the U.S. failure to respond to diplomatic overtures from the P.L.O. These diplomatic sources fear that the Saudis are seriously contemplating a cutback in oil production by 1 million bbl. a day in .early October, from current levels of 9.5 million bbl. a day. If that happens, the dice-rolling on the peace process could become very frantic indeed, and Strauss's optimism could freeze over with the first blasts of winter...
...mystical feeling such as a champion high-jumper might experience. "That second when you clear the bar in mid-air you lose consciousness," he says. "It is something physical, animal, beyond control. A moment later you are back on the ground and in full control." The haunting, universal fear that some day he will jump and miss?"that I shall open my mouth and no sound will come out" ?gives Pavarotti the whim-whams before every performance. In 1972 he made a transatlantic call to Beverly Sills about their upcoming appearance in I Puritani, arguing that their last...
...liberal Democrat, I am troubled and angered by the record of the Carter Administration, as well as disappointed by the President's ineffectual leadership capabilities displayed over the past three years. But I also fear that many of my liberal friends share a perception of Ted Kennedy not merely as the only leader able to "get America going again" but also as a great liberal and champion of "landmark progressive legislation" (Sept. 18 dissenting editorial...