Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This was good news for lonely hearts who fear that the human race may be alone in the universe. Life as we know it is possible only on a planet, and planets, until recently, were considered freaks. Their formation was believed to require the near-collision of two stars, an exceedingly rare event...
...Fear fell upon the lads, as cold as death...
...Fear. Modern research has disproved many of mankind's ancient notions about leprosy. The disease is only slightly contagious (much less so than tuberculosis); in 52 years,, no Carville nurse or doctor has caught it. Yet every state but New York requires segregation of lepers...
...worst bogey haunting U.S. laboratories is the fear of narrow-minded military domination. The next worst is the fear that government funds will be granted chiefly to shortrange, "practical" projects...
...Shed seemed content to loll on the slew grass and be petted by his owner, Paul Bakewell III, a wealthy St. Louis sportsman. There was no fear in Shed's demeanor as he took his place on the line, as there was in some of the younger dogs, and that was a good sign; but he no longer trembled with excitement either...