Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more importantly, valuable opportunities of cross-cultural learning remain to be exploited. Traveling across Egypt as a researcher for Let's Go in 1995, I had a chance to meet many American tourists who were surprised to see a thriving culture that is both proud of its past and anxious to enter the 21st century. Many visitors have an image that Arab society is still trapped in nostalgia, when in fact Arab countries have embraced a unique mixture of traditionalism and modernity...
Inevitably, the final days before a much anticipated and, in this case, much prepared for day become time for reflection. The training is done, we have run our longest pre-marathon run, the last-minute panic has passed and a good, anxious nervousness has settled in and will stay with us until the starter's gun. Sitting in our cozy rooms, the wind from the most recent Nor'Easter banging at our windows, begging to come in, we contemplate that question a lot of people have been posing to us lately: Are we in fact crazy? Why would anyone...
...tradition of Rain Man and Shine, made his tics and facial expressions consistent and believable without making a mockery of his mentally challenged character. As Dr. Dysart, McCarthy demonstrated an impressive command of a demanding script and shifted skillfully, if a bit belatedly, from two-dimensional straight man to anxious Everyman in the second...
...Smiles from children are the gas that keeps me going. Thus I wear funny ties, watches and socks, hide finger puppets in my desk drawers and try to have other diversions in my rooms so patients won't be too anxious...I have special interests in asthma, infectious diseases, preventive medicine and high-risk newborns...
Harvard will surely be anxious to get back outside and get back on the winning track against Cornell. And as the heart of its league season fast approaches, the Crimson appears to be ready and capable of contending for the Ivy League title...