Fearful
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A local court, prompted by shocked and
fearful
public opinion, decided that the display of swastikas, distribution of leaflets, and the wearing of Nazi uniforms should be banned.
Many Europeans, so
fearful
of the “reds,” were prepared to compromise with the “browns.”
Some observers, including those most
fearful
of a trade war, will be relieved.
In a relentless anti-immigration campaign, the Brexiteers, together with tabloid media, peddled distorted facts and outright lies about the impact of migration, thereby convincing
fearful
and frustrated voters that immigration and the EU, which requires freedom of movement among member states, are responsible for virtually all of Britain’s social woes.
China’s ever-zealous propaganda officials, evidently
fearful
of not demonstrating sufficient loyalty and respect for the new party chief, quickly hijacked the slogan; the China Dream has replaced the “China Model” in official political branding.
But people are fearful, as shown by the return of identity politics and a lack of economic and political inclusiveness.
It is similar to the fanatic feelings of a mouse who thinks that there is nothing more
fearful
than a cat.
Indeed, Iran might become so
fearful
of an overt war that it starts one itself.
I am
fearful
of the effects of unrestrained domestic surveillance for specific reasons: I worked in two US presidential campaigns, and saw firsthand the standard tactics – nonviolent but still mafia-inflected – of high-level politics.
Mainstream politicians, held hostage by xenophobic parties, adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over
fearful
publics, while the foreign-born are increasingly marginalized in schools, cities, and at the workplace.
Therefore, foreign banks,
fearful
of further intervention and/or confiscation, refused to replenish their local subsidiaries' reserves (thus, the answer to the question, why didn't foreign banks act as a lender of last resort?).
The country has fully reconciled itself with America’s strategic shift away from the European continent, even though Poles are as obsessively
fearful
of Russia as ever.
But then a trickle of resignations became a wave, and Trump, apparently
fearful
of a full-scale revolt by the business leaders who were supposed to advise him, quickly dissolved the two economic councils, tweeting that he didn’t want to put pressure on their members.
Fearful
of the consequences of the demise of its patrons in Damascus, Hamas tactically withdrew from the Axis and let Egypt lead it towards reconciliation with the pro-Western Palestinian Authority on terms that it had refused under former Egyptian Hosni Mubarak.
But the mainstream reaction has been much more fearful: media and politicians throughout the European Union are obsessing about the threat of waves of migrants reaching their borders.
To protect itself, Pakistan's desperate military establishment,
fearful
of being labelled a proliferator and of ultimately being deprived of its nukes, has chosen to sacrifice Dr. Khan.
The labor constituency, ever
fearful
of import competition, has undermined trade policy.
Indeed, many developing countries,
fearful
of losing their economic sovereignty to the IMF – as occurred during the 1997 Asian financial crisis – accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars in reserves.
Those who see the world through those old,
fearful
lenses have difficulty understanding Turkey’s rising profile and dynamism.
What can American Tea Party enthusiasts, Russian chauvinists,
fearful
Dutch and Danes, and Singaporean leftists possibly have in common that is driving this anti-immigrant sentiment?
But Argentina's creditors,
fearful
of default, are demanding interest rates so high (around 50 % today) that there is no hope that the government can borrow at such rates.
They are also
fearful
that Russia will use the energy weapon against them in the future, once the new pipeline allows the Kremlin to do so without affecting Western Europe.
Fearful
pronouncements about the rise of incipient (or actual) fascism are misplaced.
Many governments are so
fearful
of their farmers that they see no other option than to hold their ground, no matter what.
European leaders,
fearful
of a popular backlash, are once again devising novel ways to reject, rather than help, some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.
If a lazy and
fearful
Europe did not want Turkey, so much the worse for Europe; history was offering more glorious alternatives to the Turks.
In a matter of a few weeks, COVID-19 has flattened the world, making everyone vulnerable and fearful, but also reminding us how interdependent we all are.
It is a vision that has left many
fearful
Indians yearning for the old one.
He initially governed as an autocratic social populist, appealing to ordinary, Soviet-minded citizens who were comfortable working for the state and
fearful
of private ownership.
What Trump Needs To SayJACKSON HOLE, WYOMING/NAPLES, FLORIDA – Recently, a reporter at the daily White House coronavirus briefing asked US President Donald Trump what he would say to his
fearful
fellow citizens.
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