So the cultural anxieties about anthrax, if not entirely diminished, have generally morphed into something more manageable.
To other commentators, it was a reflection of cultural anxiety - a response to anything from Islamic fundamentalism to bird flu.
Can I pound cultural anxiety into a plot?
"It seems to be a matter of cultural anxiety," Pias remarked.
"Rather, it confirms our cultural anxieties, yet helps to give them form and coherence."
In each case, however, the spy thriller was rooted in the fertile loam of widespread cultural anxieties.
At the time, England was increasingly beset by the social and cultural anxieties that marked the fin de siècle.
The term was widely used in relation to the cultural anxiety of the period.
So not as much cultural anxiety about the form in French-speaking parts of the world...