One person close to News Corp suggested fears about an investigation being launched under the FCPA were overblown.
The figures were, however, welcomed by ministers and the charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), which said the data also suggested fears that the burgeoning use of electronic cigarettes would help turn people onto tobacco were unfounded.
Some authors have suggested fear-avoidance beliefs of GPs and other clinicians are a factor: those who perceive low back pain as mainly a biomechanical condition are more likely to advise people to refrain from work or avoid certain tasks [ 9, 11].
"Most people who see him say, 'Ooooh' " -- here he gives a gasp suggesting fear and awe.
In short, he has chosen his path with a mincing delicacy that suggests fear of being wrongfooted politically.
This was unusual, and suggests fear on the authorities' part, as does the abrupt shift back to traditional methods as night fell.
The reluctance of successive governments to produce figures, and a breakdown, for arrivals suggests fear of the public reaction if the gross figures were made known.
The panic on his face suggests fear of a break-in, but Dwight's hasty exit through a window reveals that he is the interloper, the intruder, the stranger in the house.
The failure of virtually the entire political establishment to stand up for Mr Taseer suggests fear; the electioneering tour that the law minister of Punjab took with a leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba last year suggests opportunism.
The poll, of more 1,700 people across the country and 1,000 current NHSBT donors, suggests fear and ignorance, as well as time pressures, may be to blame.
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