But, whereas many of Abou El Fadl's contemporaries responded to such police-state tactics by embracing militant Islamism, the abuse only magnified his desire to find a community where he could speak his mind without fear of retribution from either secular or religious authorities.

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That's a fear at the back of my mind.

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But ever since 2009, when he broke his left thumb sliding into second base, he's slid with the nagging fear in the back of his mind that he'll hurt his hand again.

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But in truth there is always a little bit of fear at the back of my mind about making some fundamental editorial mistake precisely because our audience invest such a huge amount of confidence in our ability to get things right.

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Their failure to inquire further puts one in mind of ostrich tactics of failing to inquire for fear that the inquiry might reveal stronger evidence of their scienter regarding the authenticity of the confidential source than the flimsy evidence of scienter they were able to marshal against Boeing.

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At the very root of what captivates our emotional mind are two polar opposite constructs: fear and pleasure.

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Having in mind the reality of the Tunisian media sector, many political actors have expressed their fear to see the same situation being reproduced at the next electoral campaign.

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The quest for the constantly new was driven by a lightning-quick mind and short attention span for anything that failed to interest him, the fear of boredom, and an insatiable need for intellectual stimulation.

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Her biggest fear of working from home: being out of sight, out of mind.

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