Word: anxiousness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Soon-to-be Undergraduate Council President Andrea R. Flores ’10 paced while awaiting the results of the student government elections last night, exchanging nervous hugs and worried looks with anxious staffers. When election officials announced that she had been voted into the UC’s highest office, Flores—bundled in the arms of running-mate Kia J. McLeod ’10 and flanked by friends and campaign staffers—looked on in a state of shocked surprise. Flores stood quietly amidst a crowd of her supporters, absorbing a moment made...
...years, the fight against global warming has been an article of faith in the European Union. But a looming recession, expensive bank bailouts and anxious warnings from embattled industries are raising questions about how closely Europe can stick to its climate-change creed...
...spend a larger share of their holiday dollars online this year, with 36% of consumers saying they will spend half their shopping budget on the Web, up from 32% last year, according to a Nielsen Online survey. But overall budgets have shrunk, as tapped-out consumers have grown increasingly anxious about the economy. As a result, people are trading down in the stores they frequent and the number of items they buy. Case in point: the most popular product seen on BlackFriday.info's shopping lists was Wal-Mart's Batman and Spider-Man pajama sets, requested on more than...
...fixed Islamic position on yoga, just as there is no fixed type of yoga itself. The place of yoga in the lives of most Muslims, I imagine, will not be shifted by Malaysia's fatwa. Those who practice will practice, the super-pious will frown, and the anxious minority will pose questions like this one, which appeared on the site Ummah.com: "But what if someone starts a business, e.g. a spa, which offers yoga...
...this outpouring of support and affection, especially from my colleagues at my firm. I got myself something to eat from the mini-bar - in all I had water, soft drinks, three plums, two biscuits and two small Toblerones in two days. I wasn't scared, really, though I was anxious...