Word: concerned
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...international officials who oversee the country and ordinary citizens who fear a return to violence. "These men are feeding off each other. They are not real nationalists, but they are using it to get elected. This is our catastrophe," says Senad Pecanin, editor of the Sarajevo weekly Dani. The concern is all the more urgent because Silajdzic and Dodik, if current public opinion polls are borne out, could be the first postwar Bosnian political leaders to wield significant political power; the group of Western countries that has overseen Bosnia since 1995 is scheduled to scale back its authority next year...
...toughen up, Katie decided, was to look past the grievous injuries and to treat her patients as friends, not as amputees. She got to know them as intimately as they would permit, moving quickly beyond their hobbies and children's names. With her soft touch and sisterly concern, she often picked up more information than the hospital psychologists. Captain Katie knew if a soldier was checking out Internet dating services, fighting with a spouse, fretting about bills, or struggling to knot a tie with one hand. She made a habit of staying up at night to acquaint herself with their...
...College administration’s newly-released tailgate policy, “The Rules of the Game: Harvard-Yale 2006,” has the potential to be dangerous. I doubt it is intended to be so, because I sincerely believe the College’s primary concern in this matter is the safety and welfare of the undergraduates. Obviously, when abused, alcohol is a health risk. We, the undergraduates, definitely need to demonstrate personal responsibility when drinking alcohol. But considerations should be made for those among us—particularly freshmen, who constitute the majority of alcohol-related admits...
...administration has given priority and far too much influence over policy to corporate interests. The administration has recklessly relaxed environmental restrictions, enabling companies to extract wood, oil, and minerals from our nation’s public lands at too great a cost. Although these companies will undoubtedly show great concern for their bottom line, it is unlikely that they will take much interest in the long-term future of our undeveloped land.Pinchot’s argument, at least in part, was couched in the language of economics, applying scientific principles and cost-benefit analysis to the management of America?...
...said Mehta. All students at Simmons pay a $75 fee that goes to funding hall events. Mehta argued that “some freshman are paying for something they can’t even legally participate in.” Mehta said that he has also raised concerns about the possible damage to MIT’s reputation. “Especially because Duke lacrosse scandal happened [last spring],” he said. “I pointed out that this wasn’t exactly the best publicity that MIT would want.” MIT junior Lawrence...