Word: fears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also know of some powerful internal forces that may have been working against our meeting sooner. They are the same feelings that linger in the hearts of all of us to varying degrees, feelings which seem to be coming into even sharper focus in the hearts of graduating seniors: Fear of rejection. Fear of the unknown. Forecasting failure. Desire for security. Unwillingness to put ourselves on the line...
Seniors don't talk about this fear much, but we betray our anxiety in subtle ways. Some are anxiously seeking out classmates who will be living in the same city as them, making promises to hang out with each other on weekends. Others mask their anxiety by insisting that their 80-hour-a-week jobs suit them just fine. A social life, they say, isn't too important when you're climbing the corporate ladder and getting such significant professional stimulation. Still others welcome employment in companies that take responsibility for their employees' social lives, scheduling their free time with...
...blocking groups, Core sections and House life, don't blame us if we get a bit nostalgic for this prefabricated network of friends and social opportunities. When we envision ourselves in a new city, in a new apartment building, disconnected from the fellowship of Quincy House or Kuumba, we fear social isolation, but we don't quite know how to go about shaping our personal lives without the help of an institutional force like Harvard facilitating social interaction...
...nervousness, since I suffer from it too. But maybe I have more answers than I realize. For instance, when I think about the night that I first met my girlfriend on the dance floor at the Hong Kong, I know that it was only by getting past my own fear and anxiety that I worked up the courage to ask her to dance. Many times before I had chickened out of striking up conversations with attractive women at parties; that night I resolved to put myself on the line and not let my fear consume me. I had no idea...
...Duma's acceptance of Stepashin's nomination wasn't simply a backhanded curse. "They're deeply demoralized by their failure to impeach Yeltsin and they fear he may be out to provoke a crisis to dissolve parliament, possibly even banning them," says Quinn-Judge. "And of course, they have a demonstrably incompetent leadership." Stepashin made the usual promises about fighting corruption and reforming the economy. But Russians see Stepashin as a familiar sideshow, while real power remains in the hands of an all-powerful president whose physical and mental health are in perilous decline...