Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wife's father and asked, "Would you please call Ellen and tell her not to panic? I know how she feels because I know how I felt when it happened to me." Dever, according to her Swiss attorney, Joerg Blum, "is O.K., but of course very upset and anxious...
...realize that much of this disquisition must sound like hollow nostalgia. And I'm sure that many of you are chomping at the bit, anxious to experience college living. You'll get that chance soon enough. But, in the meantime, if you find yourself feeling restless, remember: The grass isn't always greener. For instance, here at Harvard, it's teal. Noah D. Oppenheim '00 is a social studies concentrator in Adams House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
...years of teaching here, and especially given what I know from alumni in the ruthless, high-powered world beyond Commencement, knowing a bit about betrayal often means avoiding it. Date-rape involves betrayal of trust. So does adultery. So does deliberate sabotage of a project by some team member anxious to advance at the expense of the group--perhaps by seeming to solve something at the last moment. So does embezzlement by a partner. What are the early warning signs of betrayal? I know no patterns, no generic signs. But I know that without alertness, without some moral acuity...
People have already started talking about school reform, and reporters have quizzed President Clinton about what policy initiatives he might take to make America's schools safer. Gun control activists are rushing to microphones, anxious to comment. Incredibly, even those against gun control are using the opportunity to defend their interpretation of the second amendment. (Could the rampage have been halted if one of the teachers had had a concealed weapon? one asked.) We should think about public policy...
...years of teaching here, and especially given what I know from alumni in the ruthless, high-powered world beyond Commencement, knowing a bit about betrayal often means avoiding it. Date-rape involves betrayal of trust. So does adultery. So does deliberate sabotage of a project by some team member anxious to advance at the expense of the group--perhaps by seeming to solve something at the last moment. So does embezzlement by a partner. What are the early warning signs of betrayal? I know no patterns, no generic signs. But I know that without alertness, without some moral acuity...