Word: fears
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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These voters have embraced Ralph Nader, and not because they believe Gore and Bush are the exact same candidate: There are obvious differences between the candidates on many issues, especially social policy (abortion, gay rights and affirmative action). Instead, these voters fear that the entire democratic process in the United States is a sham, that the vast amounts of money that corporations are pouring into political campaigns are corrupting democracy, and that both parties simply ignore the problem...
After getting over their own fear and astonishment, however, the players were able to play a reassuring role that fit perfectly with Delaney-Smith's personality...
That unrealized fear was just one of many of Delaney-Smith's initial preconceptions about cancer that were dissolved in time...
...making her own situation public, Delaney-Smith has hoped to help dispel many of those common myths about the disease that once evoked fear...
...however, the new federal policies may engender a whole new set of problems. Critics say the reforms put a bounty on the heads of unwanted children. They fear that timetables tied to disbursement of money may keep social workers from trying harder to rehabilitate biological parents and reunite families, because government leaders now consider adoption a panacea. "Skewed financial incentives are the single biggest problem in the entire child-welfare system," says Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. And what happens, asks Rachel Oesterle, an expert with Aid to the Adoption of Special Children, when...