Word: anxious
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...hurled a complete-game two-hitter while striking out 11 in her first collegiate start. “My first game, my first inning out there, I don’t think I took a single breath,” Brown said. “I was so anxious and nervous in a good way…it felt so natural to be on the mound with this team.”After Kansas got on the board in the top of the third, the Crimson came back with two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Alexander came...
...groups to agitate for a U.S. withdrawal. Only two camps in Iraq remain uneasy about seeing U.S. troops move offstage over the next 18 months - the minority Sunnis, who remain fearful of a revival of sectarian violence against them, and the commanders of the Iraqi security forces, who are anxious that U.S. logistical support and equipment may dry up as the U.S. draws down...
...Fradin is one of those incredibly anxious parents who would prefer that her son never so much as lay eyes on a Mr. Peanut logo ever again. Noah's allergist at UCLA, Dr. Gary Rachelefsky, who has treated him since babyhood, describes her as initially "one of the most fearful mothers I ever came into contact with." She's calmer these days, but her concerns are not unfounded. A few months before Noah went off to camp, she woke up one night to find him covered in hives, coughing and gasping, and she had to jam a syringe full...
...talks say the House is so far behind, they will have to run to catch up to the Senate. The Senate's progress is largely due to Kennedy's "incredible ability and strength," says Billy Tauzin, CEO and president of PhRMA, and a former Congressman from Louisiana. "He's anxious to make this a great legacy." (See pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...
...students, we’re entitled to feel uncertain, about what we know and what we want, but at the same time, it can make us feel anxious. Soon, the impulse to reorient kicks in. All of us face high expectations here—from our families, our professors, and most often ourselves—about what we should be doing at what time and where. We cannot afford to be uncertain. As such, it shouldn’t be a surprise that many Harvard students struggle with mental health issues. Ours is an unforgiving environment, even for the hardiest...