51.   Child welfare experts feared the worst.

52.   Civil rights groups have been leery of any renewed interest by the justices in affirmative action in public education, because they fear the worst.

53.   Debbie Menzel and Jude Coren, who worked their way up through the ranks under Exxon, said they feared the worst when Valero bought the refinery.

54.   Doctors feared the worst, that the disease might render her unborn child blind, physically or mentally defected, or that she might even miscarry.

55.   Family and teammates who prayed over him had feared the worst.

56.   Fearing the worst, she made urgent calls to officials begging them to call off the rumored attack, met with the wives of other hostages, and prayed.

57.   Fear the worst ...

58.   Fearing the worst, Cribbs flashed his handgun.

59.   Fearing the worst, Samaranch turned to his old friend, Adidas heir Horst Dassler.

60.   Fearing the worst, he knocked on her door and shouted her name, only to hear moans.