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Word: afraid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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These demons turn out to be not very amusing. Young Michael, it seems, was reared by a family that overstressed winning. He became so afraid of losing that he developed to near-genius level the ability to find excuses for not competing at all. So now Michael does not have to win the big race at the end. All he has to do is run it full out, and if you are actually wondering if he manages to do so, then you had better run right along to Running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dubious Victory | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...that tomb and suddenly found themselves in Dallas. Bobby is Romeo, and his Juliet is Pamela Barnes (Victoria Principal), the daughter of a man Jock doublecrossed during his wildcatting days. Bobby brings her home to Southfork, and J.R. tries everything but cyanide to get rid of her. He is afraid that she will give Big Daddy - sorry, Jock - his first grandson and thus persuade the old man to make Bobby his heir. His tactics fail, but when Pam does become pregnant, the resourceful J.R. manages to get her into a scuffle, causing her to suffer a miscarriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Big House on the Prairie | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

However, the Magus Theater Production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a shining exception to this rule. Director Alan W. Mianulli has taken full advantage of the talents of his cast and crew to create a living production that completely avoids stereotype. Mianulli has refused to allow his production to wallow in the swamp of bitter recrimination and contempt. And although feelings of bitterness just out unobscured. Mianulli has injected a measure of compassion to smooth the jagged edges...

Author: By Amy R. Gutman, | Title: Treading the Fine Line Between Illusion and Reality | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a theatrical time bomb. Each verbal exchange, each lingering glance brings us closer to the shattering explosion of dreams and deceptions that Albee seems to think constitute our only reality. As Martha tells her husband, "Truth and illusion, George; you don't know the difference...

Author: By Amy R. Gutman, | Title: Treading the Fine Line Between Illusion and Reality | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...clear what the killers wanted to accomplish or whom-and what-they wanted to follow Park. But according to government investigators, Kim was afraid he might lose his job as KCIA chief because Park no longer trusted his judgment. Reportedly, a faction in the intelligence agency also had come to believe that Park could no longer govern effectively and that he had ruled too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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