Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Normally, the caudate nucleus filters the flood of anxious feelings and sensations that are relayed from the orbital cortex, an area of the brain just above the eyes, and sends only the significant ones on to the thalamus for further action. But in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, says neuroscientist Lewis Baxter, who led the team, the caudate nucleus is "a poor executive officer. He's bombarded with messages from worrywarts. But instead of setting priorities, he gets excited about all the messages and passes them on to the dispatcher...
BOTH GEORGE BUSH AND BILL CLINTON SAY THEY are anxious to debate. But each insists on his own terms, which is why, with six weeks to go before the election, no debates have been scheduled. And it's possible that none will be held...
...coach conceded that the team is still "aquestion of how fast people come together," thatthe team is still "rebuilding" in positions, andthat "more work" needs to be done. That's alltrue. It's also true that no matter how eager theCrimson seems, the team is also anxious over itsweaknesses...
...asked the manager if the store was always like that on Saturdays or if this had anything to do with the tropical storm that had briefly been mentioned on the news the night before. Such lines had not been uncommon when anxious meteorologists cried wolf in the past...
...coach conceded that the team is still "aquestion of how fast people come together," thatthe team is still "rebuilding" in positions, andthat "more work" needs to be done. That's alltrue. It's also true that no matter how eager theCrimson seems, the team is also anxious over itsweaknesses...