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Word: anxious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Drawn to the University because she had heard that Harvard had the best English department in the country and because she was "anxious to get as far away form St. Catherine's as possible and to where the boys were," Adams describes entering Radcliffe in the summer of 1943 as "wonderful...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: A 'Very Romantic' Native of Chapel Hill Pursues the Literary Life | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...dates to their friends. He concludes happily that since everyone realizes that it's all just a big show, there's really no need to be nervous! He's determined to take future formals with that grain of salt, knowing that, by definition, they're only formal. Why be anxious...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: A Mere Formality | 5/23/1997 | See Source »

Junior second baseman Bryan Price led off the inning with a hot shot to deep short. Forst dove to his right and stopped the ball but was unable to muster a throw. Forst stayed on the ground for several anxious minutes holding his shoulder, which was surgically repaired two years...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Baseball Goes To NCAA Finals | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...made a few mistakes at crucial points in the game that cost us," sophomore right fielder Andrew Huling said. "We got a little too anxious because [Saxman] wasn't throwing that many strikes, and [we] maybe swung at some bad pitches, but I thought we hit pretty well...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Baseball Splits in Playoff Versus Army | 5/16/1997 | See Source »

...YORK CITY: Bad news for Spike Lee: Before a courtroom packed with anxious Knicks fans, a federal judge refused to reverse the suspensions of four New York Knicks involved in Wednesday's melee with the Miami Heat. After a 90 minute hearing between the NBA and the National Basketball Players' Association, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that league commissioner David Stern had complete authority to hand down the suspensions. The players claimed the NBA's decision to suspend violated the league's collective bargaining agreement, which mandates that such a rule must be negotiated with the Players' Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law Won | 5/16/1997 | See Source »

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