There was initially a lingering fear with how the game was being developed, he said.

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There is the lingering fear that Mr Erdogan is an autocrat in the making.

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It may be the lingering fear that a patient going under the knife does not always pull through.

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Scepticism about competition has deep roots, ranging from a lingering influence of Marxism to a fear of American capitalism trampling the French way of life.

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Until now, managerial timidity, a lingering belief in providing jobs for life and fear of bad publicity have kept these workers in jobs.

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Some fear that even if the Fed did ease monetary policy to restore order, lingering inflation fears would push up long-term rates, compounding America's mortgage mess.

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