Five years ago it was an apocryphal story but I'm afraid today it's a parable.
" Says Columbia University's Alan Tall, "Even after reading it, I'm afraid I'm a bit confused.
And I'm afraid that I am not convinced that there is sufficient funding in place.
"I'm afraid it's all too common and that's what we have to stamp out, " she added.
I'm afraid if you go back a third time you won't be coming home.
So I'm afraid the outcome in Iraq is no longer principally in our hands.
I'm afraid the question of economic growth will be with us for a long time.
For instance, if I'm afraid to fly, should I force myself to fly anyway?
If I'm afraid of something, it's the next thing I have to go do.
Though I was a great fan of Okun's, I'm afraid his law is obsolete.
I'm afraid that in connection with what we've been talking about, 1998 has been the worst year I've had.
And I'm afraid after being gone for 22 months, many of us have forgotten what normal is.
So I'm afraid at any moment my grandmother could just swing down from heaven with a switch.
I'm afraid of Lopez Obrador, because he would return us to a period of social conflict here.
When I've got the full set, even then I'm afraid I will go on listening to them.
I'm afraid of retaliation against federal prisoner 45570083, whose byline in The New York Times is Judith Miller.
So I'm afraid, as I head off for my holidays, I'm going to indulge in a little optimism.
We had no power for two weeks, and now I'm afraid we are going to lose it again.
"I'm afraid I need to take a walk before dessert, " announces my then-boyfriend, pushing back his chair and standing.
"If you want him, you've got to pay it I'm afraid, " said Hay, who managed Celtic in the 1980s.
And it's just going to burn, I'm afraid, for a very long time.
This is one of these questions that has no easy answer I'm afraid.
Thank you very much Naomi, I'm afraid we have to leave it there.
Everything right now, I'm afraid, it's going to have to be long term.
"I'm afraid to go out alone because of the security situation, " Wardi said.
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I'm going for an operation in July and that's my lot I'm afraid.
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"There's going to be further disruption, I'm afraid, " a Network Rail spokesman said.
I'm afraid to admit it, but I certainly had a spoiled childhood, especially when it came to toys and electronics.
I'm afraid of discouraging you from seeing this remarkable feature by describing the plight of these children, all played by non-professionals.
It is increasingly clear, I'm afraid, that the Cabinet has become in Bagehot's phrase a dignified part of the constitution ...
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