Diabetes is on the rise and there is a fear that after years of progress in reducing heart attacks and strokes, that is about to be reversed.

BBC: Charity calls for sugar tax in Irish Republic

But the greatest sign of progress is that few fear renewed violence if the talks fail.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

Halo used regenerating shields to ensure that the player could throw Master Chief headlong into any obstacle without fear of breaking their game or eliminating hours of progress.

FORBES: Bungie's Destiny: Looking to The Future of Shooters

Instead of succumbing to fear and distrust, we must resolve to progress forward by doing the opposite: Demonstrate more trust in other people!

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Today we will address two enduring barriers to progress toward higher levels of IT maturity, the fear of performing an analysis and the difficulty of convincing others to join the party.

FORBES: Why CIOs Fail at Increasing Awareness Through Enterprise Architecture

But because of this negative myth-making, when social progress is made, I fear that the cards are stacked against us hearing about it.

BBC: Viewpoint: Children have never had it so good

But it seems curiously reluctant to make progress on its investigation of the Star and SkyTeam cartels, perhaps for fear of opening a row with the United States.

ECONOMIST: Airline alliances

And does the overall prospect of this, do you fear that this is going to go on every year, I mean do you see any signs of progress in this particular area?

BBC: News Online