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...poor, and you can come away with either the motivation to strive (think Bill Clinton) or the inertia of the hopeless. On the whole, studies suggest it's the upper middle class that produces the greatest proportion of ambitious people--mostly because it also produces the greatest proportion of anxious people...
...know Prince Charles. Long-serving apprentice to the British throne; sidles through walkabouts with an anxious grin; royally messed up his marriage to Diana; lives high off the British taxpayer while he rails against modern architecture; talks to his plants. Ineffectual, eccentric, emotionally stunted. Oh, and maybe he'll step aside to let his dreamboat son William become the next King? Charles, who says he is "one of those people who feel very strongly and deeply about things," strongly and deeply resents that image and the newspapers who promote it. His staff is laboring to change it. An important front...
...there is also a sense among those who know him that the Prince himself may long for some healing. One old friend says "he started out an old soul" whose quest for social and spiritual harmony has roots in the fact that "he has always been lonely, and anxious about life." A more recent associate confirms he is often "concerned and full of worry" - which can spill over into petulance, evident earlier this year when he called royal reporters "bloody people" under his breath, or described a black female employee who requested training for promotion as "so PC it frightens...
...they had with their children. It's a chance for grandparents to practice what they have learned about child rearing. Tom Corbett of Huntington Beach, Calif., for example, had never been patient before he went flying with his grandkids. "I forced it on myself so I don't become anxious or annoyed," says the computer-systems architect, 58. "I don't want to associate anything bad with the thrill of flying." Ron Vickrey, 69, a retired executive in Port Orange, Fla., believes his daughters were too young when he taught them to fly. By 16, when they were eligible...
...After anxious freshmen meet their visiting parents at Johnston Gate today, there will be discussions of roommates, concentrations, new experiences, and a variety of other subjects, almost all of which, ironically, will have the backdrop of delicious and unhealthy off-campus dinners. Parental love too often crowds out honesty, and the extra pounds accumulated since August probably find a place in the dialogue. The “freshman fifteen” is accepted as part of the quintessential college experience. Everyone is aware of the dangers of abrupt weight gain during freshman year, and many students, as they visited colleges...