Word: anxious
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Generally, student information collected by schools is protected by the federal government's privacy laws. So schools can't simply give away information gleaned from a student's fingerprint. Still, many parents and privacy law experts remain anxious about records accessible to companies managing a school's computer system - and whether that information can moved if that company is ever sold...
...love pretty things, but buying a $10,000 purse would make me very anxious...
...junction of a main street filled with rush hour traffic. Broken glass and masonry blasted from adjacent apartment buildings and office blocks littered the street as firemen doused the flames of burning vehicles. A cordon of green-bereted Lebanese troops sealed off the area from an angry and anxious crowd. "There's blood everywhere, blood, blood," cried a distraught Ziad Ghosn, eyeing a crimson trail in the bomb-blasted ruins of his brother's apartment, which lay above the explosion...
...voted in October 2002 to authorize the use of force there, now wants the troops to start coming home. Democratic Congressman Brian Baird, who opposed the war, wants to give the surge a chance: "Progress is being made and there is real reason for hope." But politicians are often anxious about changing their minds. They know opponents are waiting to hammer them as opportunists or just plain confused, as Mitt Romney, dogged by accusations of flip-flopping over abortion, and John Kerry, who ineptly said he had voted for a supplemental funding bill before voting against it, can attest...
Unfortunately for anxious parents, the new rules on toys will not be ready for the 2007 Christmas shopping season. Most toymakers have just a few weeks left before their holiday orders are shipped. So instead, the TIA is sending its members a detailed list of precautions to make sure their holiday toys are safe. Near the top is strict oversight of every contractor and subcontractor that touches toys at any point on the path from factory to shelf. That's what tripped up Mattel, which traced its problems with lead paint to subcontractors who used unapproved lead-based paint...