Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vitriol, however, is sure to be a topic of anxious discussion when thousands of America's lawyers convene this week in New York City for the A.B.A.'s annual meeting. And they're not being oversensitive, either. A poll published by the National Law Journal last week concluded that "resentment of lawyers -- ranging from lawyer-bashing jokes to outright vilification -- is running at a fever pitch." Seventy-three percent of the 815 Americans polled believe that there are too many lawyers. Only 5% said they would recommend law as a profession to their children. Concedes incoming A.B.A. president R. William...
Bill Clinton's final sales campaign began last Thursday with an anxious burst of phone calls. Yet just five hours before the House would vote on his budget bill, he still lacked a majority. On the phone with Pat Williams, Montana's sole Representative, Clinton found no bargaining leverage. Unlike most of the other legislators with whom Clinton had been cutting deals all week, Williams asked for no specific trade-off in return for his vote. "Pat," Clinton finally pleaded, "I can't pass this without your vote, and my presidency depends on getting this thing through." But Williams refused...
...neighborhood in which Joseph Gallardo's house burnt down isn't posh; despite abutting Seattle's Volvo-saturated suburbs, Snohomish County runs more to pickup trucks. But it is still a community, with lots of children and loving, anxious parents -- which is presumably why someone lit the match...
...political interference in the deliberations, but he refuses to discuss the substance of periodic conference calls with Katie McGinty, the White House's environmental- policy director. "Politics is not our bag," he says. Still, two weeks ago, Thomas and forester Jerry Franklin were flown to Washington to brief anxious members of Congress from the Northwest. The meeting was described as "tense...
...million in losses since 1990. Pressed by committee chairman Sam Nunn, Cardone denounced accusations of corruption and mismanagement as "absolutely untrue." He got little support, however, from Harold Vogt, Empire's current chairman, and Donald Morchower, the chief executive. They used to work closely with Cardone, but now seemed anxious to distance themselves. Vogt and Morchower, who admitted that Empire has had management problems, have agreed to step down when replacements can be found...