Word: fears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...instigators declared on many occasions their purpose was to capture foreigners and use their nationality as a means of bringing pressure on the legations charged with the protection of the hostages and, through the legations, on the Government. This purpose the bandits succeeded in accomplishing. . . . Every foreigner may fear and does fear the same fate...
...half century of living under the tutelage of Pasteur and his successors has taught us that most disease is caused by " deadly " bacteria* and has inspired a healthy fear of the teeming microbe world. It may come as a surprise to many to find that the "pathogenic" (disease-producing) germs are relatively few in number, and their influence is far outweighed by the " good germs," whose action is not only beneficent but even essential to the maintenance of the human species. Dr. Arthur I. Kendall, professor of bacteriology, Dean of Northwestern University Medical School, and author of Bacteriology-General, Pathological...
...author of The Blind Bow-Boy is a tall, slim, white-haired, slightly florid young man of middle age. I have often observed him, have corresponded with him, but have never consciously spoken to him. I should have a constant fear that he would ruin some pet illusion of mine by a vagrant flippancy?and that I should be tempted to attempt to knock him down where he stood. Yet from all accounts Carl Van Vechten is a charming fellow. He is fond of cats (as the world reading his books knows). He has lived much on the Continent...
...There is no reason to be dubious of the fact that this policy will be met with approval by University graduates, but there is reason to fear that it may not be favored of the average undergraduate, who sad to say, seems to enjoy immensely the type of humor displayed by the average college comic papers. In spite of the fact that the colleges of the country are supposed to be made up of the sharpest-witted and most intelligent men of the younger generation yet for years this same smutty brand of humor has been in vogue...
...preliminary remarks to the masses of History 1. Professor R. B. Merriman '96 expressed the fear that it might be impossible to conduct so large a course effectively. Not only the difficulty in lecturing to the galleries, but also crowded sections and insufficient reference books for so large a number might hamper the work of the course...