Word: fear
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...frosh Weekend” approaches once again, many on campus say they fear that the event’s tendency to foster close cultural bonds might actually counteract its positive mission by promoting self-segregation in the face of Harvard’s drive to diversify...
...Rome-Paris” axis with Sarkozy, a long-term critic of the ECB, to pressure the Bank into relaxing its strict monetary goals. According to some analysts, the administration of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Spain could also join the alliance in fear of its own housing bubble woes worsening employment prospects...
...same countries that targeted their own Jewish communities. Moreover, war didn’t “ensue.” it was initiated by countries determined to “wipe Israel off the map.” While some Palestinian Arabs fled their homes out of fear of the Israeli army, many were encouraged to leave by their own leaders, assured they would soon return after an Arab victory. When this victory failed to materialize, these Palestinians were kept in refugee camps ¬and denied absorption by the same Arab governments that had encouraged them to leave...
...Seoul analysts, Lee's departure may clear the way for a round of corporate reform within the Samsung conglomerate and possibly throughout corporate South Korea. Without Lee as an overarching force, executives of individual Samsung companies will gain more influence over their own operations. There is a persistent fear among investors that Samsung managers were more loyal to Lee than to shareholders...
...having also been denied entry to Mozambique and Tanzania, had to leave the port and may be recalled to China, according to news agencies. And Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa took the unprecedented step of urging surrounding countries not to allow the cargo of weapons to reach Zimbabwe for fear of escalating the crisis...