Word: fears
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fear the rising costs of health care as much as I fear yet another multi-billion-dollar Government program. It will only advance us closer to a socialist U.S. and mean more inflation for the middle class, who must support this "something-for-everyone" program...
...tedious delays in airport terminals as travelers scrambled to get seats on other flights and airlines struggled to shift their available aircraft to plug the gaps left by the grounded planes. The crisis created turmoil in an industry that depends heavily upon the public's overcoming any fear of flying. What was more, the events clouded the financial future of McDonnell Douglas...
During the building battle, Bishop Ignacy Tokarczuk of Przemysl called on the people to "break the line of fear." No Catholic in his diocese, he decided, should have to walk more than 2½ miles to church. Starting in the mid-1960s, his parishioners would secretly assemble small, prefab churches, then put them together overnight without permission. In the morning the authorities would be presented with an act of faith accompli. A day came when the bishop was led off to be fined at the prosecutor's office for his actions, but such a noisy phalanx of Catholic housewives...
...Pope and party confront each other, both worry about what Poles refer to as "the Soviet tank factor," the fear that liberalization may go too far, as in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and activate those slumbering Russian divisions. That fear has loaded the plans for the Pope's tour with much heat, paradox and political potential...
...confirmed by doctors. Family Practitioner Dr. John Barnoski of Middletown says that he has been seeing at least four patients a day with symptoms of new emotional distress. Says he: "I have had responsible husbands and fathers in my office unable to cope with everyday problems. I have seen fear and frustration in the eyes of young couples as they bring their babies in for checkups." Adds the local doctor: "If the nuclear plant resumes operation, these anxieties and fears will remain and probably increase...