Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...from that grudging support. Continued U.S. sanctions would give Mandela a powerful hand to play when he and other A.N.C. officials eventually sit down to negotiations with the Pretoria government. It would also help Mandela when he arrives next week in Britain, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been anxious to reward South Africa for the gestures De Klerk has made...
...control the radicals, like those who took to the streets last week chanting, "Oh, Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" And his party's aim to establish the Islamic legal code, known as the shari'a, conjures visions of public amputations. Middle- class women are particularly anxious: Madani has proposed that women be paid to stay home and not compete in the tight job market...
...based Federation for Democracy in China. He had hoped to join the Goddess of Democracy and take part in broadcasting pro-democracy messages into China from nearby international waters. But fearing for Wuer's safety, the project's organizers balked, and now that the ship has been sequestered by anxious authorities in Taiwan, they plan to sell...
...applied in nonmilitary realms -- in the environmental area, for instance, where restraints might be far more intrusive than military protectiveness, perhaps involving close public scrutiny of industrial practices, even household behavior? Instead it may be time to relax a bit and give room to other, more positive and less anxious goals: health, liberty, equity, cultural enrichment, environmental enhancement -- for their own sake rather than security...
Some moviemakers think this summer's crop may include some disasters. "I can't imagine a more boring lineup of films," says one anxious executive. "The costs are out of hand, and the need for a safety net causes people to make formulas and sequels. I have this incredible sensation that the industry is at the top of a deep rapids and that there's going to be a fatality rate. Anyone who denies that is a fool or a liar...