"I fear for this industry - it's constantly about the jobs of directors of rugby, " he said.

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As for Gold, I view it as a FEAR trade.

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"I don't know whether it was out of respect for the church or anger or fear, I have no idea, " she said.

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And I hate to say it but the Sheriff is responsible for all this fear.

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It caused me to check my surroundings, for fear that I was back in grade school assembled in the gymnasium.

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If we want to make good decisions for ourselves, and live into our potential (as I wrote about here), we must be able to recognize fear for what it is, and proceed despite it.

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As for the fiscal cliff, I still think that those who sold in fear over its consequences will regret it.

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What I think they fear is that since an oft-cited justification for the tariff on imported ethanol is that it prevents foreign ethanol producers from benefiting from domestic tax credits, if the tax credit goes away then so does that cited justification of the tariff.

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