31.   Traders feared the heat would damage young plants.

32.   Traders feared the step would be a prelude to changing all of the money in circulation.

33.   Traders fear that a cut could mean a weaker U.S. dollar, which could in turn weaken Japanese stocks.

34.   Traders fear the yen could resume its damaging rise.

35.   Traders had feared that the U.S. dollar would suffer if Quebec voted for independence since Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States.

36.   His remark could have weighed down the franc as traders feared his government would concede too much to striking workers.

37.   If they come out higher, traders fear the Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates.

38.   In the immediate future, London traders fear that a dispute between workers and management at Norilsk could escalate into a strike.

39.   At that time traders feared that gasoline stocks would be insufficient to cope with the seasonal upsurge in US demand this summer.

40.   But traders feared that the economic situation in the United States would deteriorate if the Fed did not stimulate growth by lowering the cost of money.