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"The reason we have this reticence in the military to get engaged in politics is that we were afraid a long time ago of military dictatorship, " Baehr said.
Saying "a lot of Democrats are afraid of a process that exposes their priorities, particularly on spending and debt, " McConnell made clear that Republicans reject any further increases in tax revenue after the fiscal cliff deal at the end of the last Congress that raised rates on top income earners.
Republicans are considering a surrender on taxes because they are afraid that a deadlock will lead to a sequester, which would mean automatic budget savings.
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Ever since President Barack Obama took office, we went from a nation afraid of Islamofascists (remember those guys?), to a nation afraid of taxes.
Officials seem very afraid of a Lehman-style contagion event, and they want to avoid a crash.
Market regulators were also afraid that a slide in Reliance would send local stock exchanges plummeting.
He was afraid that a monumental blow out like Macondo could bankrupt his company.
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You are never afraid on a rugby pitch, but maybe we showed New Zealand too much respect.
These provinces want to keep their resources and are afraid of a totalitarian take over by Morales.
Don't be afraid of a light touch there's nothing worse than a puddle in the middle of your pie.
And investors, afraid of a Prozac-like catastrophe, may be treating the stocks as if a generic win is likely.
He has long been afraid of a flood of Afghan refugees across the 1, 300-kilometre (800-mile) border that the two countries share.
Promoters had been afraid that a rock-and-roll act wouldn't fill the seats.
"The Founding Fathers were afraid of a standing army, " explains Guthman.
Google's experience with Android, which has become the dominant operating system on new smartphones, shows it is not afraid of a scrap in the consumer arena.
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But William Fox-Pitt and his horse Tamarillo are not afraid of a challenge and attacked the fixed rails, yawning ditches and steep banks with gusto and won.
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Kicking keisters and naming names, Mr. Rosebraugh- an activist who has never been afraid of a fight- details tactics used by organizations and individuals who, he claims, profit from distorting science and deflecting meaningful government action.
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But afraid of a deflation that is quite simply not deflation, the Fed will use all of its powers to prop up the housing and mortgage assets that necessarily need to fall in order for a recovery to take shape.
"The point is being made very loudly that African countries and the wider G77 bloc will not accept non-action on the Kyoto Protocol, and they're really afraid that a deal has been stitched up behind their backs, " he told BBC News.
That, and a government that is not afraid to set a limit on immigration.
Smith-Barry, on the other hand, loved delighting - and frightening - onlookers with incredible aerial antics, and he soon earned a reputation as a pilot who was not afraid to push a plane to its limits.
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"People generally were saying that because it was a Friday and the credit crunch was just starting to hit that they were afraid 2008 was a freak blip, " she says.
She has been described as "a lightning rod for change", testimony to the fact that she has not been afraid to put a few noses out of joint in the society.
She said it was a "tragedy" when a teacher is afraid to put their arm around a child who has grazed their knee in the playground for fear of being branded "a potential criminal".
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