The answer lies with the prickly defensiveness of the French film industry and more generally of its intellectuals, who fear cultural domination by the Americans.

Mr. Shays says he thinks there are people in Bridgeport who fear domination by the city's business establishment.

Several countries sharply limit satellite broadcasts from Japan, saying that they fear cultural domination from their former colonial ruler.

The Caribs feared complete domination so they allowed the French to construct a settlement on the island in 1719.

Conservatives, black and white, fear domination by the African National Congress, the expected winner of the elections.

Tensions intensify as Serbs establish autonomous regions, saying they fear Muslim domination.

Few Christians joined the organization in the beginning, fearing Muslim domination.

Southern whites resisted the freedmens' exercise of political power, fearing black domination.

The island's Turkish population, who feared Greek domination of the government, and Great Britain opposed it.

Indeed, economic union could hold back some republics from going to markets on their own if other republics aren't ready or else resist, fearing domination by Russia.