11.   Frightened workers feared they would be shunned if word got out that they were infected.

12.   Higher-paid auto workers would fear that parts workers who made less would slow down pay increases in the auto plants.

13.   Many aid workers fear that people in the remote northern villages in the Hindu Kush mountains may be starving.

14.   Many workers fear that the government action is adding to pressures that may be putting the plant and their jobs in jeopardy.

15.   Medical workers fear outbreaks of dysentery and pneumonia.

16.   Many workers might have feared just that after getting a look at the third-quarter statements from their retirement plans at work.

17.   Office workers fear anything unusual they see on the rug.

18.   Other workers fear the same could happen to them.

19.   Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Philadelphia, said federal workers fear the furlough could last until the end of the year.

20.   Relief workers fear that the situation may worsen if heavy rains return to the region Monday evening, as forecast by the South African Weather Bureau.