Not only are we dealing with a frightening reality made newly acute, a key person who really helped us in those frightening moments is gone.
That element adds a frightening scientific reality to all this.
A protein fix to obliterate the memory may seem like a good "second best" to obliterating a frightening reality, but at what cost?
Events force them to confront the truth of their past and the frightening, beautiful reality of their present.
The Communist dream of "the greatest peace man has ever known, under Communism" was a frightening reality.
That's a frightening reality because as a society we know that the suicide bombings are seared in our minds forever.
Nothing, and that is a very frightening reality that the people of Iran must live with every day.
In the face of such a frightening reality, people, understandably, seek reassurance.
They are the new and frightening reality of our modern world.
A car is stolen every minute, and the frightening reality is that your car could be next.