Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...majority of newspapers, the New York Herald Tribune declared: "It is a pact for peace . . . essentially and inescapably defensive ... No nation that respects the rights of its neighbors need fear the pact; only a guilty conscience could see a threat in its terms...
Harry Truman thought that the country, in electing him, had given Congress a mandate to enact his program. Last week's events demonstrated that he had another think coming; a good many Congressmen, who represented historic regional interests and prejudices, and a common fear of the extremes in Harry Truman's campaign promises, disagreed. They thought that they also had a "mandate" from the voters (some of them had gotten more votes than Harry Truman in their areas). "The accomplishments of this Congress," said Ohio's Robert Taft, "will not be zero, though they will look like...
...pact recognizes the common heritage and civilization of [the Western] peoples, founded on principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law . . . It is based on an understanding and a determination to preserve our way of life . . . No nation innocent of aggressive intentions need have the slightest fear or apprehension...
...doctors, mostly men, have argued that pain in childbirth is a good, natural thing. Some have held that pain makes the mother love her baby more, others that the worst of the pain is really caused by fear. Finally, somebody thought to ask some broadly qualified experts-women physicians who have had children of their...
...look for the big snail's enemies. In Kenya he found small, fierce, carnivorous snails boring into big achatinas with sharp, file-like teeth. He also found snail-eating beetles, and took both finds back to Hawaii, where they are still penned up carefully for observation. Some biologists fear that if the beetles and small snails exterminate the giant snails, they might look around for other food and become pests themselves...