Sentences with phrase «widespread fear»

«These arrests have created widespread fear of the courts in immigrant and mixed - status communities,» the officials added.

The nuclear industry will also have to address widespread fears about the reactors themselves.

There's still widespread fear in the home buying industry, which puts more emphasis on the rental trend as a whole.

Gas prices have hit near $ 20 per gallon prices, causing widespread fear and chaos.

The new prime minister cut a surprisingly warm and amiable tone in Europe, despite widespread fears among European leaders of a Conservative government.

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

Oil plunged another 4 percent, while safe - haven government U.S. and German bonds, and the yen and the euro, rallied as widespread fears of a China - led global economic slowdown and currency war kicked in.

The decision taken by France's Credit Agricole and Japan's Tokyo - Mitsubishi bank to leave Bahrain following the unrest in 2011 sparked widespread fears of a mass exodus of financial institutions and led to a slump in investor confidence, casting a shadow of doubt over the performance of Bahrain's economy.

With respect to the time required to create widespread fear of a phony pollution crisis, that estimate seems to have been pretty accurate.

The revelations come on the eve of an important speech by the prime minister on the future of the NHS, during which he is expected to try to allay widespread fears that the reforms proposed in health secretaryAndrew Lansley «s health and social care bill would lead to privatisation.

A government consultation on its plans to expand grammar schools reveals widespread fears about selection

Another such instance is the impassioned battle against hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, an arena in which anecdotes, and the absence of transparency in industry practices, have morphed into widespread fear and loathing.

Despite widespread fears of a scientific brain - drain following Brexit, a push to develop GMOs presents the opportunity to attract investment and talent to the UK, as well as to better align our agricultural policies with our non-European partners.

The Careers England research was undertaken because of widespread fears about the impact of the change brought about by the Education Act 2011 in England.

This is despite widespread fears of the Japanese government cracking down on cryptocurrencies after the Coincheck hack.They announced that they intend to stick to their original plan of accepting Bitcoin payments by the end of the fiscal year in March 2018.

In the wake of the unforgivable and senseless killings in Las Vegas on Sunday night, the deep and widespread fear of gun violence will, no doubt, grow even deeper and more widespread.

There are widespread fears that North Korea is in the latter stages of developing nuclear warheads that could be attached to its ballistic missiles and aimed at the U.S. and its allies.

It has already been blamed for the failure of the SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colo., which set off widespread fears about privacy and sparked a media backlash.

The argument reflects a widespread fear that arrangements styled as makeshift could well turn out to be permanent.

I thought there's widespread fear that Facebook, Google, and their hangers - on already are powerful gatekeepers to information and entertainment.

«During such scary periods, you should never forget two things: First, widespread fear is your friend as an investor, because it serves up bargain purchases.

Only recently, now that there's widespread fear that others might pay attention to that example, have I been seeing the revisionist notion that it was somehow bad.

And there were widespread fears that Catholics would balance this out by voting for politicians, mostly Democrats, who would direct tax funds to public or private schools dominated by Catholics.

When the Soviet Union got a nuclear bomb, Dulles shared the widespread fear of the results.

In times of widespread fear, insecurity and uncertainty, religious leaders and secular theorists, some well - meaning and some who are not, will exploit the need for hope and assurance by declaring exclusive discovery of some secret plan hidden in the disorder.

Widespread fear about the long - term consequences of these environmental changes seems entirely justified.

After the Civil War, there was widespread fear that the result of freeing black people would result in societal disorder, aka «crime.»

A widespread fear and distrust of Muslims among Gujarat's middleclass Hindus helped the BJP win the state elections held in December 2002 by a landslide.

Eggs are universal on most restaurant menus and consumer shopping lists, but a widespread fear of salmonella poisoning has somewhat damaged their reputation or at least hindered their potential for new applications and further growth.

A moral panic is a widespread fear, most often an irrational one, that someone or something is a threat to the values, safety, and interests of a community or society at large.

There were widespread fears about a spike in far - right activity today, amid more evidence of an EDL membership drive in the wake of the Woolwich murder.

There is a widespread fear at the top of the Labour Party that a leadership contest in the immediate aftermath of traumatic defeat will produce a mad result.

Continued EU membership can help address both economic uncertainty and cultural anxiety — widespread fears that certain values and ways of life are threatened by the forces of transnational markets.

There were widespread fears about a spike in far - right activity today, amid more evidence of an English Defence League (EDL) membership drive in the wake of the Woolwich murder.

Despite widespread fears to the contrary, the EU referendum passed off without major problems.

While the number of people infected in the United States was low, it was covered extensively in the media, leading to widespread fear.

Secondly: whenever a witness tries to re-tract a statement the courts should «receive these people compassionately so that they may be free of the general and widespread fear of punishment after revocation».

We couldn't get a consensus largely because of widespread fear that taking such a course would weaken the initiative, create gaming opportunities, and nullify the promise of «No Child Left Behind.»

Thursday at West High, parent Sean Maloney told Cheatham about the widespread fear that implementing Common Core standards would mean fewer opportunities for high - achieving students.

After a Chevy Volt caught fire weeks after an accident, there's been widespread fear, or at least fear reported in the media, that electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid vehicles are not safe.

Given the widespread fear among investors today, it's not surprising that financial institutions offer a staggering number of structured products that come with guarantees.

Yet there are widespread fears that the Liberals» plan, which is being announced after the House of Commons has risen and only days before Christmas, will fall far short of expectations and leave many veterans in the cold.