"I was scared to death when a bright flash went off, " wrote one female user.

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But the truth is that I started it some years ago when I was scared to death to make sales and marketing calls.

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Seventeen years later, I'll admit it: I was scared to death that Reid would somehow identify me in the WNYC lobby and scream, "It's him!"

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Truthfully, I was scared to death to leap into the unknown.

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