Word: anxious
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...kidding aside, perhaps the most rational explanation is the relative youth and inexperience of the two Crimson placekickers. Blewitt is a sophomore and Wright is a freshman. It is understandable that such young kickers may be nervous or anxious when it comes to converting field goals in big-game situations...
...morning began like every other morning, with a review of the night's events. While we were assessing the situation, my father phoned. My 70-year-old parents, who live on a kibbutz, are very worried and anxious about the situation in Israel. They went through all the wars here, but they don't stop dreaming of peace for my children, their grandchildren...
...October, it's only just begun. Investors know why they're anxious: High oil prices and high interest rates make Europe a dull boy - one who doesn't buy as many Macs, Dells, Gateways or the chips that go into them as those companies and their investors are used to. There's fretting about the U.S. slowdown being too slow and too down, and whether a tightening Greenspan got ambushed by crude-oil prices...
...some in Gore's camp are posing like matadors, waving their red capes in hopes of provoking the other side to snort and charge. "If you are 5 points down with five weeks to go, you have to be aggressive," says one, sounding more hopeful than anxious. But Bush is more likely to try a balanced approach, playing the optimistic, sunny candidate who played to such raves on Regis and Oprah this week while also working hard to raise doubts about Gore's credibility. Last week, under the cover of a heralded shift to policy, Bush and his aides were...
...least they know the arrangements have all been made. With painstaking precision, each campaign raised its concerns, which were addressed by the debate coordinators, who in turn unveiled their decisions to increasingly anxious campaign managers. Here, thanks to the New York Times, are just a few of the "issues" already addressed backstage...