Word: fret
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fret not over ROBERT E. ("Teddy") TURNER IV, who was downsized by his dad Ted Turner, when Ted's biz merged with Time Warner. ("You're toast," dad said over dinner.) Teddy has two new jobs: one at his own company, which is developing an enhanced form of cable delivery; another with Forest Hills Cos., a nascent entertainment concern. He may one day even offer his pa some competition...
...Bill Clinton this week (instead of the other way around), he probably wouldn't believe the polls or, if he did, wouldn't put much faith in them anyway. He knows less about living than about coming back from the dead. As the sky falls and his allies fret and his party balks and the polls sink, he alone remains calm. He takes pride in the very habits that people around him are desperate to change. And he's not afraid of the dark, because he has been here before...
...worry about the deficit. We are concerned that those in the inner city are not being educated or fed. We fret over student loans and college debt. We care about our elders and loved ones, but at what cost to our future...
...Barry returned to work last week sounding like an escapee from a New Age encounter. He had learned, he said, that he had invested too much time worrying about the beleaguered city he presides over and not enough worrying about himself. From now on, Barry proclaimed, he would not fret so much about things over which he had no control, like the big snowfall last winter. "No more 16-hour days for me," he said, vowing that henceforth his highest priority would be to connect with God. And, Barry hastened to add, the only relapse he had suffered was smoking...
What the opera world needs most right now is a new Wagnerian soprano or a hefty heldentenor, but that is not what the fans are looking for. What they fret about is, Where is the next Pavarotti going to come from? Who will replace Domingo? These two supersingers have raised tenor worship to extraordinary levels, and even they admit that they can't go on forever. There are many claimants for the rich prize of tenor dominance, but the one taken most seriously is a young French-born Sicilian named Roberto Alagna. He is 32, handsome, slender and blessed with...