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There are enough young Africans with the idealism, creativity, knowledge, technical ability and genius to transform the old fear-ridden Africa into their own brave new Africa.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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There are enough young Africans with the idealism, creativity, knowledge, technical ability and genius to transform the old fear-ridden Africa into their own brave new Africa.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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I simply note that its historical track record overall is far superior to your own fear-ridden raggedy superstition.
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My moment to exonerate myself had passed in failure, the class was listening to Sister talk about the Norman Conquest, and I was left alone with my bitter cup of gall, my fear-ridden, heart-thudding wait in Gethsemane.
The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010
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It came as a shock, that countenance imaged there a distorted and fear-ridden thing.
"Power" by Harl Vincent, part 10 Johnny Pez 2010
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If President Obama truly wants to deal with our mess of a health care system, perhaps somebody should read June 8 Forbes and its concise dissection of our "test madness," namely endless and fear-ridden search for illness.
James Warren: This Week in Magazines: The "Test Madness" of Our Medical Lives 2009
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Whether Taiwan becomes independent or unifies with China makes no difference in this regard: Taiwanese will stay fear-ridden, easy to dispirit, and on a mass scale too unreflective until they break the power and hold of the harmony value.
Women in Groups: Question Michael Turton 2009
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It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
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It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
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Virtually all failures, however, occur in the short fear-ridden periods comprising the downside of cycles.
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