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Word: fearfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...murder of the priests is only one of many horrific acts we have implicitly sponsored in El Salvador and in the rest of Central America. It's time we replaced a simplistic and dubious fear of Soviet domination with a concern for human rights...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Cold War in Central America | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...People" is to the U.S. Constitution. On Friday Modrow presented a 28-member Cabinet that included eleven representatives of officially sanctioned minor parties that have begun to wean themselves from Communist domination. Modrow also announced the establishment of "the rule of law," "protection from the law," and "freedom from fear." As a step toward these reforms, the government ousted the head of the dreaded Ministry of State Security, slashed the ministry's personnel by 10% and renamed the department the Office of National Security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Irresistible Tide | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Among the greatest terrors of old age is the fear of becoming physically crippled. About 600,000 Americans are afflicted with Parkinson's disease, which is marked by a progressive dying off of the brain cells that control voluntary movement. Victims suffer from the shakes, muscle stiffness and poor balance; eventually, many become totally disabled. Standard treatment for Parkinson's has relied on giving patients levodopa. But the drug, which supplies remaining brain cells with a vital chemical, simply tempers the disease's symptoms without affecting its progress. Even worse, the medication soon becomes ineffective. For that reason, doctors wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Brain Defender | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...reunified Germany aligned itself with NATO, the Soviet Union would fear an invasion from the West and would arm accordingly. Such fears would not be irrational. German armies have attacked the Soviet Union twice in the last 75 years by marching through Eastern Europe...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: The Case Against Reunification | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

...month ago, George Bush announced at a press conference that the American people have nothing to fear from German reunification. If he really believes this is so, we can only assume that Bush does not value history's lessons. Unless he changes his position, Bush could go down in history as Neville Chamberlain...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: The Case Against Reunification | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

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