Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When any of us is attacked for being different, each of us is hurt," Dowling wrote in the letter. "Attacks like these are not simply against some abstract rule. They make each of us afraid to reveal our individuality and that hurts the house as its strongest point...
Despite the lopsided statistics, the shabab boast of their accomplishments. "We've finally made the Israelis afraid of us," says an activist named Jamal, 21. His boyish face bespeaks both pride and intense anxiety. "You only die once," he says with some relief. Only once, like his friend Nadir Tayseer Abu Yasin, 14, who was "martyred" two days earlier. Jamal pulls out a photo of the dead boy taken moments after the shooting. "This is our fate...
...afraid to make the two pies the same size? Probably because the option of having everybody in society earn $9,900,001 divided by 100--or $99,000 per person--seems quite reasonable...
...want randomization--I'm afraid that ifyou forced homogeneity in the houses, they wouldbecome nothing more than dormitories," Davidsonsaid. "But I don't think that modified changeswould hurt the flavor of the houses. I thinknon-ordered choice is a good option in thatsense," she said...
...dreams have become violent. In them, people are always beating me over the head. I'm afraid that next week I'll start beating them back...