Word: fearfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fear of the "L" word is based upon a wrongful assumption that liberalism is indefensible in American political dialogue. As Marc Pearl, the National Director of Americans for Democratic Action, one of the nation's most prominent liberal organizations, explained in an interview, "We're not about to change tha mentality of the American electorate during this campaign...
...ousted instead. Next month Chileans will have an opportunity to vote in a national plebiscite for or against a continuation of the 15-year-old authoritarian regime of General Augusto Pinochet. A no vote could mark the beginning of a return to political democracy for Chile, but many Chileans fear that it would not be honored by General Pinochet or other senior military officials...
...million has become sensitized to its erosion through intermarriage and assimilation. Emotions run high. Rabbis who agree to officiate at interfaith marriages -- and some 75% refuse -- are sometimes viewed as traitors and spurned by synagogues. Parents and grandparents worry about the future of their families and faith. "They fear that '5,000 years of Jewish lineage is going to end with my child,' " says Rabbi Robert Alper of Wyncote...
...depicted Maggie to herself as meddlesome and irresponsible. In doing so, he reinforces her worst attributes. Maggie's admiration of Ira, as well as her fear of his disapproval, also transforms Ira. By characterizing him as the strong one, Maggie not only makes herself weak but also insures that he will cultivate the infallibility she ascribes to him. After a quarter-century of marriage these two people become trapped in the selves they have generated for the other. And these representations, however appealing they may once have been, become inflexible, claustrophobic...
...increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court restricts civil rights law as some liberals fear, that might also alter MCAD's caseload. If federal laws are struck down, it is possible that more state residents would turn to MCAD for protection under Massachusetts laws...