For Mr Cardoso, and now for Brazil's poor, Mr Magalhaes is an ally to be feared.
On Saturday, Mr Ford said the SDLP and UUP were "to be pitied" while the DUP and Sinn Fein were "to be feared".
Charlie Elphicke, a former tax lawyer and now a Conservative MP who has launched a campaign to end tax avoidance by multinational companies, said HMRC needed to be feared far more by companies.
While many argue that Chinese bailouts should not be feared, because they increase that country's stake in US recovery, it is also clear that the public in both countries is often uncomfortable with this inter-dependence.
Mr Naseer has claimed that he and Mr Khalid feared for their safety after a dispute at a mosque, and he wanted them to be feared so he lied about al-Qaeda links and knowledge of explosives.
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Therefore, people who are using the Internet legitimately need not fear a chilling effect, said Mark Litvack, vice president and legal director of anti-piracy for the MPAA. Jonathan Zittrain, also a fellow at the Berkman Center, agreed, saying that such an effect need only be feared if the MPAA tries to push the ruling too far.
In fact, Machiavelli said it is better to be loved than feared, but if a prince cannot be effective and loved he should consider being effective and feared.
This may be because speculators feared that the takeover would be scotched or because of the general fear of Medicare fraud becoming a factor again in the industry.
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It's not hard to imagine that a sizeable number of people who either wanted that to be the case or feared that it might be the case, at polar opposites, got the impression the law was really on the ropes and might be disappearing soon.
From this point of view a fall in the yen should be cheered not feared.
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Four people had to be treated at London Bridge Station after being taken ill in what was initially feared to be a chemical incident.
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Family members were also on hand, waiting out what they feared would be a devastating day.
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There were signs that the drop in output in this quarter will be less steep than feared.
Mr Worboys told the court he picked up some women he feared would be targeted by illegal minicab drivers.
Commercial real estate loans could be as bad as feared and take down a few hundred banks in 2010.
And the infection risk of air-conditioning may not be as high as feared.
But Reuters reported that this was something U.S. critics feared would be tantamount to giving Moscow a veto over NATO action.
In 1998, the NHS's fragmented efforts to fight what was feared to be rampant fraud were pulled together into a single organisation.
Smith brings terrific poise and style to the role but also something I feared might be beyond her - entirely credible malevolence.
Linux is typically seen in two- and four-processor servers and is often feared to be too unstable to handle big, critical computing chores.
One year ago, Hagel's predecessor, Leon Panetta, was letting it be known that he feared Israel could attack Iran in a matter of weeks.
The inspector, Nick Hardwick, praised the care offered but said there were weaknesses to be tackled and he feared for some of the boys held.
Gilad Shalit was feared to be gravely ill, perhaps even dead.
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The tournament went without a title sponsor in 2009 and some feared might be in danger of ending its historic run thereafter without a new sponsor.
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But the full transfer was held up over a disagreement about the fate of inmates whom the US feared could be released if the prison was handed over.
Farmers in the area are hoping that the lesions in the cows' mouths - feared to be a symptom of the disease - were actually cuts from brambles.
Hushpuppy's shrill trills of joy, and the slow burn of her comprehension as she sees her father where he'd feared to be, in a hospital bed, plugged into the wall.
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