Word: anxious
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Capellas spent much of his first few weeks at the helm doing his best to convince WorldCom's anxious customers and employees that the company, whose revenue has fallen an estimated 15% to 20% in the past year, won't be disconnected anytime soon. Now, with the prospect of a possible fine of up to $9 billion on the horizon, he has to craft a viable reorganization plan for the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, involving $107 billion in assets. To generate real profit, he'll have to consider unloading its shrinking paging business and handing out even more...
...We’ve been doing this without one of our very best players,” Stone said. “We’re anxious to have her back after Christmas, and it’s just going to make things more...
...mezzos - most of the celebrated heroines are sung by sopranos - how could she turn down a major new part tailored to her voice, let alone one that would give her the chance to make her Covent Garden debut? Then she read the book. "I was a little bit anxious," she recalls, struggling to find the words in English to convey how overwhelmed she was by the story, whose central character, a Polish gentile survivor of Auschwitz, is forced to choose which of her two children will live. "I'm still a little anxious," she confessed shortly before opening night...
...attending a conference on Iran in Berlin. According to Jalaipour, the students and reformists in parliament share the idea that reform should be gradual. "The target of a revolution is usually the collapse of the political system," Jalaipour says. "In this case, we are looking for modification." Student leaders, anxious not to provoke a violent reaction from the Basij, tend to concur. One of them, who was arrested outside Modarres University three weeks ago and detained for 14 hours, thinks sudden changes are undesirable: "We are looking for human rights in accordance with the nature of our society." Life...
...must be such a cocky jerk,” Jellin says. He proved her wrong, and they dated for two years. Still friends with Jellin today, Morris had to leave the FM interview to take her to The Nutcracker, a ballet few future NFL players are likely anxious...