1.   A fear so pervasive you can touch it and almost taste it.

2.   A pervasive fear of legal liability blocks many in the art world from sharing information and opinions that could keep fakes off the market.

3.   But the stampede for the options is not a sign of pervasive fear, just another relatively inexpensive precaution.

4.   Historians say there was a pervasive fear of a regulatory overreaction that would stifle the new field.

5.   How will we live with the pervasive fear and uncertainty?

6.   It also meant dealing with a general stigma against contaminated property, and pervasive fear and uncertainty about whether it could successfully be decontaminated.

7.   Nevertheless, a pervasive fear of job losses has settled on employees at both companies.

8.   Not everyone was bought off, officials said, but in an atmosphere of pervasive fear, not everyone needed to be.

9.   Still, that loyalty to savings accounts betrays a pervasive fear of the risk-taking involved with equity investments.