Word: fears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Plainly, Red China's leadership had concluded that if its smaller neighbors could not be deceived by propaganda, they must be quieted by fear. Red China's truculence also served another classic function: at the moment, Peking needs internal pressure more than it needs external friends...
...real trouble . . . Never felt better in my life. Then, boom: this horrible, skulking 'thing' visible only as a ghostly shadow on an X-ray negative. This 'thing' that no longer gives pain probably because I can't feel it through the cold, clammy, clutching fear that's gnawing at my vitals...
Using Harvard as a basis for comparison, class discussion is much freer at Wellesley; there is less fear of saying the wrong thing. Wellesley's faults carry along with them merits; and although the instructor confesses that he consciously pitches the level of the discussion a little lower than he would prefer, he has the satisfaction of almost one hundred per cent participation...
Their opponents, the Winthrop House Boating Club, admitted no fear before the race, although one "Winnie" commented, "That's a powerful lot of girls!" But, once the girls split up and the race started, the smooth stroking of the Smith-coxed shell brought it victory by at least a length...
...self-fulfillment . . . We urge the churches of the Middle East and individual Christians to recognize the points of involvement between Islamic and Christian doctrine . . . With penitence and humility we confess our need for a new spirit of respect and friendship for Moslems, through which the barriers of suspicion and fear will disappear...