Word: envious
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...very long time people have cast envious eyes at the Lyman Common Room," Dunn said. "We'd like to re-think the use of that space...
...Shemmer's eventual goal is to found his own company as well. But he keeps a laser-like focus on planning. "Am I envious?" he says. "Of course I'm envious--you can't help but be when you see kids making billions." Nevertheless, most Internet startups fail, especially when founders lack business sense. "I've learned so much in this year and a half," Shemmer says. "I'm maximizing, A, my probability of getting to one of those startups, and B, being of value to those startups...
...savvy shoppers unite on one issue: they scorn the ultra-expensive "restyled" section. The knee-high white plastic boots are attracting envious looks from a pair of shoppers, but they're refusing to pay the $59 price...
...marriage has grown stronger these past years, they both say, but when asked about Unabomber-induced tensions, Linda promptly ticks off items on her list. While she was the catalyst for capturing the Unabomber, for instance, most reporters wanted to speak only to David. "Then I get to feel envious," she says, "and David gets credit for turning in his brother, and I don't." She was also jealous of how some journalists, especially those young and female, regarded her husband, "gazing at him with puppy-dog eyes and hanging on every word." Did her philosophy students ever question...
...necessity impure fiction--dramatizations of Hitler as a sexually disabled masochist are graphic and over the top. Still, this is a painless way to learn a little history and enjoy such priceless dialogue as "She touched the swastika and said, 'Won't the girls at school be envious...