Word: afraid
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What's wrong with him? Paranoia. Hypochondria. Body dysmorphia. Egomania. He's anorexic. Also a terrible overeater. He's a recovering alcoholic and an insomniac, but he made up for that by becoming a very serious drug addict. He's agoraphobic and argyle-phobic, which means he's afraid of argyle socks...
...tales of even more grotesque violence, including how opponents and peacekeeping forces were killed, cooked and eaten by Taylor's militia. Last year, the alleged head of Taylor's "Death Squad," Joseph (Zigzag) Marzah, told the court that cannibalism was practiced "to set an example for people to be afraid" and that nothing was done without Taylor's approval. Marzah also revealed that he and Taylor belonged to the same secret religious society and had together eaten human hearts...
...afraid that [fewer students] will get the vaccine now—especially those who are on the fence about it, or are trying to save money,” she said...
...took out all the traders who had nothing to do with the oil market? That would leave oil suppliers and oil hedgers: those trying to sell oil and those trying to buy oil, respectively. Suppliers benefit from higher prices and so would not be willing to sell. Hedgers, afraid of soaring prices, would buy oil futures, driving the price to unheard-of levels. Worse still, we would have to worry about the oil suppliers themselves getting in on the futures-price action. They can afford to take on huge risks in the oil-futures market because they make such large...
...across Xinjiang complain about job discrimination and the influx of Han migrants. But in Urumqi, where they are outnumbered 5-to-1 by Han Chinese, their most immediate concern is safety. Thousands of paramilitary troops are preserving an unsteady peace, but for some that is not enough. "I'm afraid of people fighting each other," says a 22-year-old Uighur college student. He longs to go to another city in Xinjiang where the Uighur population is larger. "I want to go to Kashgar, Khotan or Aksu where it is safe. Right now a lot of people are leaving Urumqi...