Word: anxious
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...Anxious about: “Doing laundry.” “Getting along with my roommate.” “A comp I’m comping..” “Not being able to taste every kind of cereal in Annenberg.” “Seeing grades lower than the ones I usually receive.” “Destroying...
...that last year it was a kind of great moment for us, and since then, the economy has gone down. I'm wondering what you make of that and what you think the significance of that is for national service. The President: Well, I think that people are understandably anxious right now and feeling insecure economically. They are worried about home payments; they're worried about bills; they're worried about losing their health care; they're worried about their 401(k)s and whether or not they're going to be able to afford to send their kids...
...Blind Man’s Colour’s music would be confused and overstuffed. But, surprisingly, the band is at its best when their many sounds converge, bringing together and maintaining the various aspects of their experimentation. Two tracks that come to mind immediately are “Anxious Place” and “Jimmy Dove.” The former moves along with a lively drumbeat and chord progression, which is simultaneously insistent and somehow loping—like waves breaking on the shore. This combined with synth effects and audible lyrics make...
Absent parents, absent children: Ponyo is all about the yearning for a complete family. Ponyo's anxious dad Fujimoto (Liam Neeson) is a king of the sea, with an aging rock star's gaunt face and flowing seaweed hair. Can he let Ponyo desert the water for life on land? Her mom is even more imposing: Gran Mamare (Cate Blanchett), a magnificent sea goddess who will finally calm the tsunami of trouble Ponyo has stirred...
...surprised to read how quickly babies seem to absorb the culture that surrounds them. For instance, you say Japanese babies tend to be more anxious than babies from other countries. That's another thing that studying babies can help make us realize. Many of the things we just take for granted, that we just think are parts of our [personal] backgrounds, are really things that we've learned...