Word: anxiously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accepted by Syrians -- or Israelis -- Rabin's gambit had the immediate effect of cooling off his opponents. It also sent a powerful message to Assad: It will not be a simple matter for Israel to turn over the Golan without Assad's doing much more to convince an anxious public that he truly wants peace...
MANUEL LUJAN, Secretary of the Interior under Bush. Special circumstances: He recalls being the pick during Desert Storm. Where he went: "Arrangements were made with the Defense Department. I can't tell you where." How he felt: "I was very anxious. I was very happy when the speech was over. It was kind of overwhelming...
...Middle-aged men with high levels of anxiety appear to have twice the risk of developing high blood pressure as do their less tense peers, according to a 20-year study of 497 men and 626 women. Puzzlingly, highly anxious middle-aged or older women did not suffer an increased risk of hypertension...
...creature was stirring; by then they had knocked off for the year. And only a handful of Senators were on the floor Wednesday when majority leader George Mitchell asked if there were any objections to a compromise worked out behind closed doors by Republican and Democratic leaders anxious to finish one last piece of legislation. No one said a word. So Vice President Al Gore, presiding, declared that "the Brady bill has been passed" -- theoretically by "unanimous consent" of the three remaining Senators. Bill Clinton hailed the move as a "wonderful Thanksgiving present...
...have no constituency the next time around. In Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo, for example, eight Liberal Democrats hold Diet seats, but only five new constituencies are likely to be created in its place. Fear of being turfed from office is provoking talk of splits within the L.D.P. as anxious politicians begin shopping for new homes. Socialists are also looking for new patrons, and no one expects the dust to settle until after the next election. "The July election was a curtain closing," says Shusei Tanaka, a close Hosokawa adviser and a Diet member of the Sakigake, a small liberal...