Word: fears
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issue Khomeini's government has seized upon, it is the Shah, whom they consider to be murderous. When the U.S. let him in, even for humanitarian reasons, it was almost predictable that there would be a tremendous reaction in Iran." In Bill's view, many Iranians still fear that the Shah might be attempting a comeback, with covert U.S. assistance. "To us that seems ridiculous," says Bill, "but we are dealing with Iranians and their perceptions of reality." Indeed the question of the Shah's admission to the U.S. is a contentious issue among Americans as well as Iranians; some...
...Diego and Chicago crashes really helped focus attention on the fears of aircraft personnel," says Barbeau. "It's slowly getting to be O.K. now to talk about fear of flying among flight attendants and the general public as well. People who have gone through something like this are not the same afterward...
...speed the development of synthetics and solar, move to mandatory conservation, and, of course, drill for more domestic oil. Last week, overriding objections of environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt an Interior Department auction of leases to explore for oil on the Georges Bank off Massachusetts. Environmentalists fear that a spill or blowout could harm the rich fishing waters, but the court decision was yet another sign that the U.S. will have to make difficult compromises to secure energy...
There is one strain in Kissinger's writing that appears again and again, no matter what the subject under discussion. It is a gruesome, intractable fear of revolution, a deep horror of internal upheavals which cause social order and international stability to collapse around them...
Although Kingsberg still has her freshman fear that soccer might not leave time for other things she wants to do, she says, "If someone said to me you can either write a thesis or play soccer, I'd drop my thesis...