Word: feared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Optimism about the country's future is weak in crucial areas, such as the economy. However, as relations with the Soviets have improved, 52% of the public is now very optimistic about prospects for peace. The absence of fear of war boosts Bush's standing. Criticism that he is too cautious to respond to Moscow's olive-branch overtures registers with few Americans...
...traditionally stocked the post exchanges with ample and affordable consumer goods and protected the pay of enlisted men against U.S. economic sanctions. But as the angry general now wreaks revenge on his military foes, he runs the danger of straining the old loyalties. The distrust, hatred and fear injected into the army are a potentially combustible...
...even if several houses do have an imbalance of one group over another, some of the masters' opposition to the Jewett plan seems to stem from the fear that increasing the similarities among houses will decrease their overall importance to the life of the College...
...customs with the rest of the community. And cultural activities alone are not always enough to build strong personal bonds between individuals in minority communities--too often we see members of the same race or religion shy away from social association with people of their own background for fear of being characterized as "segregationists" or by their minority characteristic alone...
...starting organizations over which they do not have final say over all matters of operation, since they are bound by national guidelines. The members of Sigma Alpha Mu ran into this very problem. Although the majority of its members supported coed membership, the organization could not include women for fear of losing its national charter. It is precisely for this reason that the Harvard administration originally did away with recognition of national organizations...