Word: fears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...further consequence of this thorough community co-operation is frequently the assumption of a powerful role by the Parent-Teacher Associations associated with the school system. Principals have been known to cower in fear of the ladies who exert influence through cake sales and bridge parties, and in schools with wealthy PTA's, a great many school functions, frequently including academic ones, become complacently dependent upon these women...
...listing of support for George Bernard Shaw's famous dictum, "Nothing is ever done unless people will be killed if it is not done." Unfortunately this is to a large extent true. The current reevaluation of the American school system, such as it is, is attributable mainly to the fear of Russian military power...
...Axioms accepted as principles" in the social sciences fifty years ago, he continued, have not been re-examined in the light of new scientific discoveries, and changing international conditions. The academic attitude towards changing these principles is one of fear, he said...
However, I find myself up against determined opposition from the [Parliament]. Since I could not consent to receive power from any other source than the people, or at least their representatives (as I did in 1944 and 1945), I fear we are proceeding toward anarchy and civil war. In that case, those who. through party considerations incomprehensible to me, shall have prevented me from pulling the nation once again from its difficulties while there was still time, will bear a heavy responsibility. As for me, there would be nothing left for me but to withdraw into my sorrow until...
...growth has come in the open-end funds, whose assets total $9.5 billion (see chart). They are so big that some Wall Streeters fear that a wave of redemptions from worried investors might force a market break. But in all the recent sharp market breaks, the funds have bought, not sold, and thus given stability to the market. Recently the funds, thinking the market too high, were cautious about buying; of the 15 largest funds, twelve reduced their percentage of common-stock holdings in the first quarter...