Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blocking group is required to locate a mysterious room hidden in the depths of the Science Center and navigate the HTML and Java of an original computer program designed to compile the database of blocking groups for the office. No computer specialist patrols the room of beeping machines while anxious first-years painstakingly enter loads of information about their blockmates (some of whom are only recent acquaintances) into the program. Such precious info should not be placed in such nervous hands; the office should handle the data entry itself...
...future assassin campaigns at Harvard, though, Lim's skill promises only to improve. Whenever he suspects he is being followed, he calls for backup or, alternatively, just runs away. His own natural anxious tendencies prove essential. "Look over one shoulder every four steps. Look over the other shoulder after another four steps," he warns. Everyone had better watch out at least this much for this deadly rookie...
...such niceties carry little weight for people desperate to establish something as consequential as paternity, and Caskey plans to keep cashing in on that need. Identigene is preparing to offer an even cheaper, $150 test that will profile newborns' DNA to reassure anxious parents that they're leaving the hospital with their own child. "It's potentially a much bigger market than paternity testing," says Caskey. And a bigger payoff...
...year ago--the day before first-year housing results were announced--I drafted that grim generalization into the lede of a front-page Crimson news article. As a fledgling reporter, I wasn't sure if it was a completely accurate portrayal of student sentiment. But as an overly anxious first-year who cringed at the very sight of a shuttle bus, I knew it was pretty darn close...
There are definite moments where it's painful to watch Ben being side-tracked en route to Bridget, especially because she's so anxious for his arrival. A few of these scenes serve to highlight the few qualities we hoped Affleck had left behind with Shakespeare In Love and Armageddon, but overall, Ben's not bad. As for his bride, one does doubt the decision to continue wedding preparations a few minutes before the ceremony without the presence of a groom, but the scenery is definitely a worthy distraction from her irritating parents...