Even a small attack might be enough to cause a financial panic, they say, battering South Korea's stock market and scaring away foreign investors.
The sudden demise of Lehman Brothers and the lightning-quick acquisition of Merrill Lynch — firms that only months ago appeared to stand on solid ground — have left financial players scared.
And any uncertainty about the building, its integrity or the financials could scare off buyers when it's time to sell.
Daily there is news of the collapse of profit forecasts and the kind of financial and banking scares which follow any unsustainable boom.
"I have sat with women from Ohio and across the nation and heard them talk about their varying experiences: abusive relationships, financial hardship, health scares, rape and incest," wrote Ryan.
Now she felt trapped by her success because she was scared: scared of change, scared of the financial implications of changing jobs, and scared of what people would say if she gave up her successful career for something she couldn't even yet name.
Hill said trustees were aware that disclosing financial challenges could scare off potential students.
Economists have warned that the labor unrest is deepening an already catastrophic financial crisis and scaring off foreign investors.
Representative Thomas M. Reynolds, a Buffalo-area Republican who is one of the most formidable fund-raisers on the Hill, suggested that Mr. Schumer's financial dominance had scared off any potential challengers.
The plan was sold to Congress using highly inflammatory language ("financial Armageddon!"), which scared the public even more and deepened the economic downturn.
