But now that surpluses have disappeared, Democrats are afraid to talk about raising taxes, and the administration seems afraid to cut spending.
When his business colleagues started disappearing, he became afraid: "It was just a matter of time – tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in a week... they were definitely coming for me," he says.
When the angel disappears, Manoach is afraid that he will die, but Hatzelponit reasons: " Had God desired to kill us... he would not hav eshown us all these things".
I thanked him and said good night, and, as he tossed a wadded paper towel at the receptacle and disappeared out the door, I'm afraid I added, "Tell your father I said hello".
Perhaps the polarization of these two lifestyles was more pronounced in the '80s, but I'm afraid that it hasn't disappeared.
The rhino, it turns out, was as afraid as we were – and already had disappeared into the distance.
At Thriftway, the main grocery store in the town, the weekend rush has slowed because the salal pickers who used to shop after getting paid on Saturdays have disappeared, sometimes because they were detained, sometimes because they were afraid.
So afraid that in parts of Mali they have completely disappeared - fled to neighbouring countries, or gone into hiding.
He was afraid that his niece's brother — a lawyer who had disappeared after a conflict with La Familia — might be among them.
Afraid of "disappearing from the people's sight," as a party official, Yukio Hatoyama, put it last week, the opposition Democrats have huddled to brainstorm about media strategies, with few obvious results.
