It is not an irrational fear to find that prospect unappealing.

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ICC, a policy based on narrow ideology and irrational fear, is softened and shifted towards a sensible engagement with the court for the benefit of all.

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Instead, it took a visit to my parents and a wine-fueled kitchen confessional, during which it became apparent my irrational fear that the dough would fail to rise was inherited.

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Have they lost an irrational fear of deficits?

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Indeed, its supporters are anxious not to raise the subject too publicly, for fear of provoking an irrational spasm from the right.

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It is not the market's "irrational exuberance" (it is still up some two thirds since Alan Greenspan uttered those words nearly three years ago) that we need fear, but the Federal Reserve's irrational exuberance in mistakenly strangling the economy in the name of fighting a long-dead inflation.

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