Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed, only once did I genuinely fear for my job.

How our perfect son made us laugh, I genuinely feared that my head would fall clean off my shoulders!

His son does not attempt a full answer, but he presents mounds of evidence that the leadership genuinely feared what they imagined Khrushchev stood for.

Or perhaps he was guilty himself of smuggling or price gouging, and genuinely feared that the information in my notebook could be used against him.

But some parents also genuinely fear that their children won't survive without them.

"And you genuinely fear for our lives?"

I stammered and genuinely feared the little man I served.

I genuinely feared the man, more than any other I had known.

I genuinely fear the outcome if war in Iraq is followed by another year or more of violence in Palestine and Israel.

I can't afford to fight this in the American courts and I genuinely fear for the safety of my children.