Fear of Flying

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Fear of Flying

metaphor for housewife Isadora Wing’s temporary inability to achieve self-awareness. [Am. Lit.: Fear of Flying]
See: Entrapment
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uk managing director Chris Brown said: "You often hear about people who are afraid of flying and we wanted to look into how this phobia compared to other fears.
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Carter was afraid of flying and had not been on a plane for six years, yet she went to the airport in Sydney to fly east.
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She was always afraid of flying but this has really frightened her and she is terrified of the flight home.
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She fought her way through lots of competition to become an air hostess, even though she was afraid of flying.
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Kevin Cowherd A wonderful newspaper columnist, the late Lewis Grizzard, once wrote that he wasn't afraid of flying.
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Anyone who's afraid of flying might not notice that a plane's decor can ease inner turbulence.
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Afraid of flying, he traveled relatively little and late, generally had a charming though some-what inscrutable manner, and mostly steered clear of the spotlight.
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With only a week to go before the start of the trip, I saw Eric in SE and he said he didn't think Paul was going to make it because he was afraid of flying.
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Though he said he was afraid of flying, he travelled countless miles to entertain servicemen, boosting the morale of troops from the Second World War to the Gulf War.
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A medical conference in Rome, Italy, has indicated that three out of ten Italians are afraid of flying.
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