Word: anxious
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...Ignoring widespread protests from human rights activists concerned that granting Beijing its Olympic dream will signal acceptance of its repressive political regime, IOC officials gave the nod to anxious Chinese officials, at 10 p.m. local time, choosing Beijing over chief rivals Toronto and Paris. Istanbul, Turkey and Osaka, Japan had also placed bids...
...changed our policy based on demand from employer groups, from individual members and from our medical groups, who are anxious to be measured in terms of their quality," Kamil says. "We looked to restore balance to the health care system. Employers want higher value for their dollar and better care. If we raise the satisfaction of individual members, if they get better care - preventative care and monitoring of chronic illnesses - people will have more trust in the system and stay...
...Monday: consumer credit levels. Tuesday: wholesale inventories for May. Thursday: jobless claims figures (watch the monthly rolling average and that 400,000 danger level) and sales figures from national retail chains. Friday: Retail sales. Which will be a big one, as we're all very anxious to see whether consumers (two-thirds of the GDP) are still buying as much stuff as the other third (businesses) need them to. (Early betting: Sure, why not? They've been doing...
Well, not overnight. Rock never really died--after the alternative-rock craze bottomed out in the late '90s, rap-rock hybrids like Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock as well as more straightforward rock bands like Creed have clicked with audiences and gone multiplatinum. And record-company executives, like anxious analysts anticipating a tech bubble burst, have been anticipating a correction in teeny-pop's long boom. They have devoted more resources in the past year to signing and developing rock acts, believing the tweens who flocked to pop would soon be ready for a different sound. "They want [their music...
...People get anxious, worried and occasionally lose their temper,” Rudenstine adds of reactions to Harvard’s development proposals in Cambridge...