31.   As it turned out, reeling administrators fear the worst.

32.   At the time, the worst was feared.

33.   Aware that the plane had gone missing, he feared the worst.

34.   Aware of the polls and their implication should affirmative-action proposals begin to show up on ballots in California and elsewhere, civil rights leaders fear the worst.

35.   Because he was less than seven months removed from surgery to repair the flexor muscle, the Dodgers feared the worst.

36.   Before that, Gill and the Nets had Detroit fearing the worst.

37.   Bill Young of Carrollton, owner of Panama City Beach Rentals in that Florida panhandle city, rushed to the coast Wednesday night, fearing the worst.

38.   A breeder of hope in a time when too many of us are bent on fearing the worst.

39.   A week ago, he felt severe back pain, feared the worst, and had X-rays taken.

40.   After a season of trying to split the position, Levy feared the worst because Smerlas was both a team leader and a folk hero in Buffalo.