Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that Jiang isn't ruling 15th century China. He's ruling a 21st century nation in which the role of Communist Party leadership is being questioned. Explains Jonathan Pollack, the Rand Corp.'s chief China expert: "Jiang is something of a paradoxical figure... The leadership is very anxious. They have a collective self-esteem problem." Jiang's response is to try to be as reassuring as possible. He is a man who scrupulously avoids breaking eggs...
...answer is often the same: precertification. Before ordering tests for colon cancer or even scheduling surgery, many doctors must submit their therapies and plans to company reviewers. Examples of denied care have produced the worst horror stories associated with managed care. The process has left doctors frustrated and patients anxious. It also fueled a revolt in Congress last month in which a band of rebel Republicans rolled over the House leadership to pass a bill giving patients the right to sue their insurance companies for the medical decisions they make...
...pack when you buy it," says Maressa Hecht Orzack, founder of the Computer Addiction Service at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. Children under eight aren't able to grasp this fact cognitively, which then leads to disappointment and an increased desire to buy more packs. Children overly anxious to please their peers are also at greater risk for addictive behavior. "Also make sure that your children are not being bullies while playing the card game," says Pratola. "Ask children about the trades they have made, and use this to teach them what it means to be fair...
Yale's faculty can boast many luminaries. It can also boast at least one pedophile. Yale's residential college system, modeled after 16th century sanitariums, provides insecure, anxious students with a sense of community from the moment they first arrive on campus. It also provides them an excuse to strip naked at public sporting events, thus exposing their frail, pasty forms to the eyes of others for the first time since their mothers bathed them...
...just moves up the anxiety," she said. "It's already an anxious time for kids. It just helps colleges with their enrollment procedures, not kids...