Word: fears
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Said an opposition member of Parliament: "The Nationalists have taken the first step in the destruction of the democratic system by destroying freedom from fear...
Three years ago the Communists had joined the battle under the worst possible conditions. Germans hated Communism, partly because of long years of anti-Communist indoctrination by the Nazis, but Germans also had a deep-rooted historical fear of Slavs, which was further deepened by the Red Army's excesses in looting and vandalism. This barrier of German sentiment against the Red tide had been one of the rock-bottom facts in the cold war. By last week, the fact was tottering under the astute propaganda of the Russians...
Behind Bidault's insistence stood the fear that, should he fail to get approval from the Assembly, France might be left perilously alone; in the half-light of the gilt and plush Chamber of Deputies lurked the specters of a resurgent Germany, of France's own military impotence. As they listened to the debate, deputies also thought of the 60 Red Army divisions facing westward, of Washington and London, who want to rebuild a Western German state; of millions of other little Europeans who fear that this major step towards European reconstruction may plunge them instead into...
...fear of such outbreaks or oppressive government measures, Jewish colonies in Egypt have been donating money to the government as anxious proof of their opposition to Zionism. Last week the Egyptian government announced that Alexandria's Jews had contributed $80,000, Cairo's $160,000, to the Egyptian "Soldiers' Welfare Fund." With the bundle of checks came a message: "Greetings to Egypt and her army, and an expression of loyalty to King Farouk...
...public doesn't come in, according to an old Wall Street saw, "until its avarice grows stronger than its fear." Even though the U.S. economy is bigger and richer than ever before, the investing-speculating public is dogged by fears of international crises, labor-management strife and lower profits...