Are they being rationally scared or are they being more scared than the situation merits?
Perverse as it might sound, when the chips are down our appetite for being scared witless increases.
On the Senate floor we have told the painful stories these women have shared of being scared for their own lives.
Noting the decline in Chinese public offerings, Sidley Austin partner Robert Pietrzak pointed to investors being scared off by reverse merger developments.
But he remembers being scared that terrorists would go after Ozark next.
The Conservatives accused Labour of being scared to meet the people and demonstrated their openness by deciding to limit their press conferences.
Many of the big Western oil companies are being scared off by the prospect of more sanctions and humanitarian divestment campaigns over Darfur.
Potential investors are also being scared off by cholera, even though it can be easily prevented with good sanitation and clean drinking water (or treated by oral rehydration).
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So liberals pin it on corporate greed, while conservatives blame it on corporations being scared off by government regulations and an anti-business administration, but corporations operate in the real world of the economy.
It cuts between a small boy beating a bigger opponent in a soccer match, short versus tall players in a basketball game, a bear being scared off by a beaver and cartoon character Popeye punching Bluto into mid-air.
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I'm told from within the industry the perception is that companies that aren't engaging with social media are seen as being scared to interact, and are regarded as being out of touch with their customers and modern technology.
"Basically, it's a lot of running and jumping and being scared, and then running and then jumping some more, and then guys pull guns and then I run and I jump and I'm scared, " Smith says, giving a quick synopsis of his role.
But issues such as anger, stress, fear of people living in the same placement, feeling "you don't get what you want or need in your placement", not being listened to, being scared and getting away from bullies were felt to justify the risks associated with running away.
Mr Gray began by accusing Mr Salmond of being "scared" to hold an early referendum.
The action was taken to keep voters from being too scared to vote.
Meanwhile, Tony Blair was accused of being too scared of Labour backbench opposition to his policy on Iraq to have a full-scale Commons debate on the crisis.
While savings rates typically spike during recessions, there is every indication that we have reverted to our old wasteful ways after being temporarily scared straight in 2008 and 2009.
French green MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit accused the EU of being "scared" of challenging the regime of the ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, during a debate on 17 January 2011.
"From having three confused spectators the first time, and us being super scared of the Americans, to now where there is true competition, well, it's really brought women's golf to a new level, " she said.
"She's angry, probably scared of being replaced, and she's allowed to have those feelings, " he says.
Or the threat may have come from another predator: Bayerische Vereinsbank sought a merger with a Bavarian rival, Hypobank, because its management was scared of being gobbled up by Deutsche Bank.
Sony seems like they were too scared of being called outright thefts by taking the system for their own, but ring-out based play would work much better for this type of game.
Now, some business owners may choose the easy form because "they'd rather be safe than sorry... especially if they are unsure how to do the long form or are scared of being audited, " says Tiffany Washington, owner of Washington Accounting Services Inc. in Waldorf, Md.
Who hasn't been ambitious and in search of a mentor like Wall Street's young stockbroker Bud Fox, or frustrated in a dead-end job like American Beauty's suburban ad executive Lester Burnham, or scared of being fired like the desperate real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross?
Spokesman Andrej Mahecic said that many were too scared to return home while others were being prevented from earning a living.
An Escapee Being Chased Dropped Through The Top Floor Of A Building And Scared Everyone Inside.
The women and children, who were being left behind for the Pakistani authorities, looked puzzled, scared, and shocked as they watched the SEALs board the helicopters.
But, this being Mexico, further intrigue seems certain between now and the election, and investors may yet be scared into staying away.
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