Word: fears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that a fear of saying the wrong thing often hobbles substantive debate. People shouldn't be deterred from saying what they really think for fear of offending someone else. If our language is imprecise, we can only refine it by testing where it goes wrong. Let's spark deep debate with this new "Multicultural Issues Forum;" let's prevent this IOP Conference from degenerating into whites on one side and "ethnics" on the other. Let's take risks with our words. Let's take responsibility for our utterances and our prejudices so that we address them. Folks, let's start...
...only their New Deal traditions but also 52 seats in the House and a dozen in the Senate, rendering them all but irrelevant in the institution over which they once held a lock. And while it is unfair to blame Clinton for all those losses, congressional Democrats legitimately fear that the fallout from his sexual self-indulgence could deal them further damage in this election because it will be felt most in the suburban, centrist districts where their members are most threatened...
Nawaz Sharif may hold moderate views, but human rights activists fear the imposition of Shari'a may unleash an army of zealots. Minorities are worried too. Nearly 15% of Pakistan's Muslims are Shi'ite, and in several cities their mosques and schools have been attacked by Sunni extremists. Last week, after the murder in Islamabad of a Sunni extremist leader and three companions, his followers retaliated by burning down a mosque and several homes belonging to Shi'ites...
...that Nawaz Sharif is the man to do this. His family is one of the richest in Pakistan, yet its members fork out only a pittance in taxes. The armed forces, which have a habit of intervening in Pakistani politics, are displeased with the Prime Minister, and some analysts fear that Nawaz Sharif's actions may increase friction between the pro-Western secularists and religious extremists within the ranks. Warns Maleeha Lodi, a newspaper editor and former ambassador to Washington: "Nawaz Sharif is trying to wrap himself in Islam. Perhaps he doesn't know that this will drive deeper wedges...
Another crucial factor is Iran's fear of being outflanked in the region's complex geopolitics. Iran, backer of the Afghan government ousted two years ago, and Pakistan, which supports the Taliban, have been vying for influence in Afghanistan ever since Soviet troops withdrew in 1989. Pakistan's newly declared nuclear capability has only intensified Tehran's anxiety. Complicating things further is the internal power struggle between Khamenei's hard-liners and emerging moderates led by President Mohammed Khatami...