Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ideals, the slow anger when pushed, the threat in a face that can mask its intentions -- even as his actions inspire trust. He could be a husband, a lover, a chief of state. And now Costner is poised to tote the ten commandments of frontier heroism into an anxious new decade. He is the hard- riding scout bearing the movies' message of what America thinks it was and hopes it can be again...
...while they were making their way to the Pacific. So it's not surprising to me that I'm making a movie on this theme: about America and Americans. Directing isn't an exercise in control, not a growing-up or a breaking-out phase. Of course I'm anxious. I'm not sure I'll do a good job. It's not that I'm worried about the people around me. I just want to make sure that my camera tells the story...
...There is a tendency when one is very confident to be verbose," he explains. "It's a matter of discipline." Verbosity is also a dodge for anxious politicians who lack thoughtful things to say. Nonetheless, the Vice President's newly restored confidence seems genuine. It is based, he says, on Bush's strong support of him and on his age: "I'm going to have time to cast the true identification of Dan Quayle out to the general public." In five months as Vice President, Quayle has demonstrated to fellow insiders that he is an effective Administration operator...
...problem. He simply studied during the rooftop barbecue scene--and now he's anxious for the commercial to air so he can prove to everyone that he did do academic work at Harvard...
...Monro said that the College was looking out for its own welfare as well. The Deans were anxious to avoid scandals similar to those the conflict would eventually produce...