Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should we be afraid?" jeered Khomeini. "We consider martyrdom a great honor...
...President heard that, said one aide, "he clenched his teeth so tight that his jaw turned white." The reaction went far beyond personal pique: Carter and his aides took the speech as a sign that the Ayatullah had misread U.S. restraint as an indication that the nation was afraid to take any action. They agreed that he must be disabused of that notion. The President, who was spending Thanksgiving week at Camp David, returned immediately to the White House by helicopter for a late-afternoon meeting with the Special Coordination Committee, which has been meeting twice a day to plan...
...does," says Grossman, "he learns a whole lot. He also gains a certain confidence in the company because it backed him up. We have to be damn sure that we don't make anybody so scared that he will be afraid to float a suggestion or try something. Ideas are really all we have...
...Many more Iranian students are afraid to speak out for fear of harassment. We are trying to show our support for those as well." Ann Chase, a Somerville community activist and member of the committee, said yesterday...
...afraid we might be swallowed up by the Kennedy School too quickly and lose some valuable aspects of our program," Helen F. Ladd, assistant Planning, said, reflecting a prominent concern among the CRP faculty...