Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...practice of politics evokes some of his best writing and worst predictions. Strout makes no attempt to hide his choice in each contest, yet he still seems to revel in a good dogfight. The election between Kennedy, whom he loved, and Nixon, whom he loathed, was "wonderfully close." Never afraid to put his head on the chopping block of prognostication, Strout writes on November 1, 1948, "In a hopeless battle, (Truman) stayed game to the end, and is going down fighting." And on November 16, 1968: Nixon "will probably wind up Vietnam pretty quickly." Occasionally, however, Strout springs some real...
Helen F. Ladd, assistant professor of City and Regional Planning, said Tuesday she is concerned about the transition from schools. "I'm afraid that we might be swallowed up by the Kennedy School too quickly and lose some valuable aspects of our program," she added...
...Ayatullah's point of view, there was ample reason to welcome some political diversion. He has fared poorly in bringing the Iranian economy back to prerevolutionary levels. Industry is estimated to be operating at only 40% of capacity. With workers' councils sitting in on managerial decisions, many managers are afraid to make decisions on anything but issuing paychecks. Chaos prevails at the docks and at highway customs posts along the main truck route from Europe. Inflation is running at 40%, unemployment at 25%. In Tehran the situation is further aggravated by the migration since the revolution of perhaps 1.5 million...
...Some of the British inspectors' bitterest barbs are aimed at British Airways; pace Robert Morley, its "farcically pretentious Elizabethan menu heralded one of the worst air meals ever eaten." A British Airways official, who might have been speaking for most of the chastised carriers, retorted huffily: "I am afraid Mr. Ronay is totally out of touch with the views and tastes of today's airline passengers...
...course is to show that "you can't hurt computers" and if you're not afraid "you can do exciting things," Michelle J. Arden '81, another mini-course teacher, said yesterday...