Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Professor Mather and the other teachers who signed the oath with reservations must not be dismissed from their positions. It is perhaps an over-estimation of the power of the reactionary Hearst press to fear that it" hysterical demand will be heeded by any responsible person. But a restatement of the opinion of many students and faculty members, shared by thoughtful observers through the country, seems necessary at this time...
...Ruhr occupation was primarily due to the fear of France regarding her security; the Japanese aggression against China would probably never have been attempted had Japan not believed, and rightly, that our absence from the League made sanctions impossible. Mussolini in all likelihood would not have planned his adventure in Africa had he thought the League could function in a divided world...
Thereupon stock traders, freed from fear of the Federal Reserve Board, whooped gladly and put on a brisk weekend rally. Headlined the New York Times: WASHINGTON WILL NOT APPLY BRAKES TO BOOM IN STOCKS; ECCLES CALLS IT HEALTHFUL. Said one smart broker, reading Governor Eccles' statement: "Best market letter in years!" Traders drew only one moral: the Administration's "breathing spell" for business is to be followed by a breathing spell for the Stock Exchange...
...will be recalled that Harvard is one of the universities which has rejected Federal aid for fear of the limitation of liberty which might result. Nothing could be clearer than that the New Deal, which has successfully muzzled the radio and which sought to hamper the freedom of the press, is reaching out its tentacles toward education. It is good to know that in the fight to maintain intellectual freedom this first of American universities is standing guard. New York Herald Tribune...
...contemporary society, it quickly turns into a rambling discussion of Greenland natives, customs, scenery. Salamina was Rockwell Kent's housekeeper. In her late 20's, she was handsome, determined, the mother of three children. She pursued the artist relentlessly, carefully tucked him in at night, worried for fear he would freeze, scolded him about her wages, wept readily, was devoted, affectionate, jealous. The artist escaped her long enough to get into an innocent scrape with her rival, Anna, and to enjoy a brief affair with the lovely Pauline, with whom he lived during a stretch of exceptionally cold...