Many participants spoke about the fear of someone halting the progression of labour, killing the baby or even the mother.
Czechoslovakia's centralized economic system was in the process of being reformed in 1968, when fears of more fundamental political change brought about Soviet military intervention, which had the side effect of halting the economic reform process.
Asked whether Mr. Obama remains committed to a civilian trial, a White House official began to say yes, but halted for fear of later recanting.
The tapes played at bedtime, are to help a person overcome fear of success, improve golf scores, and halt hair loss.
His advances, however, attracted the attention of Timur (Tamerlane), who had been building a powerful Tatar empire in Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and Mesopotamia and whose invasion of India in 1398 had been halted by his fear of the rising Ottoman power on his western flank.
Many schools are reluctant to take action to halt the abuse for fear of further provoking the parents, it is claimed.
Because it can take months of steam injection to bring the reservoir up to optimal temperatures, producers are loathe to halt the process for fear of damaging their sands and gumming up their gear.
Furthermore, the altered objective might cause Nansen to revoke the use of Fram, or parliament to halt the expedition for fear of undermining Scott and offending the British.
Banning words and subject matters for fear of upsetting people runs the risk of stifling conversation and halting social progress.
Fear of flying brought tourism to a virtual halt, and luxury strongholds like Hawaii and Las Vegas were severely hit.
