Lincoln may have been concerned in the troubled times in which he became president but I don't think he was afraid.

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"I was the woman with the strength of seven men, but now I'm afraid if I stumble, I'll fall, " says 49-year-old Akhtar Bibi, invoking a local proverb.

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Five years ago it was an apocryphal story but I'm afraid today it's a parable.

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But as afraid as I am to admit it, the thing that was once just a good idea is now actually growing and improving.

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"We started this evening with huge chatter issues and I was a little afraid we couldn't fix this but after a few more exits we managed to reduce it to a more comfortable level, " Stoner, who has won the world title with two different teams, said on the MotoGP website after Thursday's session.

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