"It would be easy to call it the best British musical since Billy Elliot, but that, I'm afraid, would be underselling it, " said Richard Zoglin in TIME Magazine.

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One visitor said he had come because he was afraid it would be his last chance to see the art.

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"I was afraid it would be bad for business that Morsi won, " said Ms. Matta, sporting half a shaved head, torn jeans, and a baggy T-shirt that read: 'In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

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" The moment also appears in "Z, " when Zelda warns Scott that she's written a biting review and says "it's not afraid to be kinda critical, 'cause nobody would take it seriously if it's all glowing praise.

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Senator LINDSAY GRAHAM (Republican, South Carolina): What percentage of the country would it be impossible for an American to walk down the street without being afraid of getting shot at or killed?

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We do not respond well to gratuitous bank bashing either, because, frankly, we would like our bank to be less afraid of onerous regulation, so it might grant us a reasonably priced loan.

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The sheikh said he was not afraid of being arrested and would even be willing to die if it helped his people to earn some dignity.

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Changes to employment law, it is argued, would improve the supply of suitable staff to firms, who would be less afraid of having to make large payouts or face legal action when laying off those who are no longer needed.

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But then, from a Brazilian point of view, I would be afraid if capital flight broke the bank system in Argentina, because for sure it would affect my country and the rest of South America, and Mercosur would probably collapse.

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