But in the current climate, he would no longer be accused of playing to Israelis' deep-seated fears; the fears have resurfaced.

And the Commies are playing to their fears.

The National Mental Health Association warned that the show "plays to people's worst fears about the mentally ill."

He never played to people's religious fears, as Senator McCain has shamelessly done.

But let's stop playing to their fears and ask them to be patriots instead.

Rather than promote understanding and reconciliation, Mr. Rich plays to our fears.

Stereotypes play to our fears and anxious desires; role models try to pretend they don't exist.

But this month in Michigan, he played to auto workers' fears, indicting free trade for letting good jobs slip south of the border.

At his trial, Brown exuded a remarkable zeal and single-mindedness that played directly to Southerners' worst fears.

I played to her fears, but she had none.