Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...person, however, Natchez is not the slick, hyper-dressed stage presence of Skavoovie; quiet and personable, he doesn't seem that different from any other teenager, slightly anxious at his first solo interview...
Administrators are anxious to divert student traffic away from the busy intersections where Quincy meets Cambridge Street and Broadway to the new gate between the Yard and Memorial Hall...
...attitude among minorities is that there are never enough," he says. "People are very anxious to assist and very passionate about improving the numbers...
...Forbes' message, though, that is drawing crowds on the stump. "Everyone's anxious and frustrated as the economy transits to a new era," says Forbes. "But, like the people, I'm still optimistic. The other guys come across as dour sourpusses. That's why things like my flat-tax proposal are catching on." But it's not just the flat tax. In California last week, Forbes' audiences were clearly taken with his ideas for reforming Social Security. "Everyone knows it's going kaput," Forbes said. "I'd leave it as is for those who'll retire in the next...
...Karen Tumulty. "They seen to be coming out of the negotiating rooms happy, rather than angry. So it looks like some progress is being made." Facing mounting criticism for continuing to receive paychecks while some 760,000 other federal employees face another week without pay, Congress, notes Tumulty, is anxious to get a deal worked out. "This is a huge crisis in Washington, where there are a lot of federal employees." Workers did get one check Friday, pay for the week before the government shut down on December...