Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week several retired officers did so in a symposium published by the United States News. Gruffest was Major General George Van Horn Moseley, who last September directed a blast at the New Deal when he retired. Last week he wrote: "Much of our present weakness is in the fear and hysteria being engendered among the American people for ... political purpose. ... A nation so scared and so burdened financially is not in a condition to lick anybody. And then, who in hell are we afraid of? With Japan absorbed . . . with the balance of power so nearly equal in Europe, where...
...less important, however, is the fact that since contributions have already been collected once, it might be difficult to make another successful attempt so soon. In other words, the well may be nearly dry. And even if the well is half full, there may be hesitation about contributing for fear that a precedent will be set. Two large-scale appeals in the course of some weeks are rather frightening, though the Committee has wisely postponed its drive until the next semester. The exception of making appeals outside the supposedly all-inclusive Student Council appeal should not become a frequent practice...
...more closely knit economic system in the Western Hemisphere through investment of United States capital in South and Central America may be hindered to some extent by fear of direct or indirect expropriation of foreign property, Professor Haring believes, but thinks it is unlikely that many countries will follow Mexico's example in this matter...
...twice decorated during the War. When the Munich Pact was signed, he returned his decorations to the King. Under its grand title and despite isolated passages of startling invective, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire seems petty, and its criticism is so undiscriminating that readers may fear Briffault would not like the English even if they were good...
When it became known this fall that the work was to be given again, there was considerable fear that the chorus would not be able to achieve as finished a performance as it did last spring. Yet it was not until this performance that the chorus hit its peak. When Koussevitsky kissed his hand to the Radcliffe girls who successfully sang one of the most difficult works ever to be written, his beaming face acknowledged a splendid job of singing. The difficult fugues in the Gloria and Credo demanding all the resources of a chorus were done superbly, the tremendous...