Word: anxiousness
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...under wraps. “He was intentionally hired to get University planners to think outside the box,” explains Spiegelman of Koolhaas. “But he did it in a way that we felt might be misunderstood by the public, especially because we were so anxious to establish a credible relationship with the community...
...luck in course lotteries, long lines at the dining hall, and too many course requirements begin the list, with that list growing all of the time. The complaints are in the back of my mind every day, yet at the end of every summer, I am all too anxious to head back to Cambridge...
...This turn of events is heartening for Ibrahim, who sees his own trial as part of a struggle between democratic and antidemocratic forces. "I am one of the forces for change," he says. After several minor strokes, Ibrahim's physical force is now somewhat diminished, and his family is anxious for the government to allow him to travel to the U.S. for neurological treatment. The strokes happened while he was in prison, but Ibrahim says he harbors no bitterness. He delights in telling how his guards panicked one day last September when he fell and broke his foot two hours...
...With its latest effort in Tennessee, LES seems especially anxious to avoid a reprise of those controversies. In an unusual move, LES has asked for a greenlight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without the usual public comment on various environmental, safety and security issues. But groups like the Sierra Club and the National Resources Defense Council contend that this will simply, "reduce the . . . licensing procedure to a flimsy rubber stamp." LES plans to file its 3,000 page license application with the federal government by January 30, to be followed by a review process that could take at least...
Less dramatic but just as stubborn is the so-called anxious cluster, including the straightforwardly named dependent personality, the socially withdrawn avoidant personality and the rigid and rule-bound obsessive-compulsive personality (a different diagnosis entirely from obsessive-compulsive disorder, an anxiety condition). The third group--actually called the odd cluster--includes the paranoid, schizotypal and schizoid personalities. Paranoid sounds like just what it is. Schizotypals and schizoids both have problems forming relationships and interpreting social cues; schizotypals may also suffer delusions. "Schizoids are lone wolves," says Clemens. "Schizotypals skate along the edge of real schizophrenia...