I enjoy being the person at a press conference who asks an obvious question that other reporters are too embarrassed to ask, for fear of seeming ill-informed.

为防止信息错误，我很喜欢在新闻发布会上问其他记者感觉很尴尬的问题。

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The clearing banks fear the positions of the investment banks are so large that a default would be difficult for them to manage, " the person familiar with the Fed's thinking said."

清算银行担心投资银行的处境，担心投资银行规模太大，一旦违约他们将不好对付。“熟悉美联储的人士作出上述表示。

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One reason for not cheating is that a person might fear being criticized in public for cutting in line.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

What about the thing you mentioned in connection with today, a very interesting point you made that in fact in terms of the public taking action or helping, helping the police, that they are at the moment hindered from doing that by a fear that the person, the legitimate citizen could be arrested himself for using force to try and withstand a force?

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There were a few surprises in store for me, though, not the least of which was that I learned that the fear and shame of being known or discovered to be a transsexual person was probably responsible for a tremendous amount of suffering.

CNN: Commentary: Chastity, 'Good luck, brother!'