Word: fretfulness
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This is why we shouldn’t fret when we hear that Reade Seligmann, one of the former Blue Devil players still facing charges for sexual offense and kidnapping, could possibly make his way to Harvard. Duke was and still is one of the premiere programs in the nation, and Seligmann was good, so what’s the beef? He’s not a convicted criminal, the case itself is ripe with corruption, and there are no suspicions of any NCAA impropriety...
...guess what? Even after all those stunning developments, we still have the whole month of March to gloss over exhibition game box scores, needlessly fret about fifth starters - and, let's be honest, itch for opening day to mercifully arrive...
...both the new Iraqi arrivals and their Scandinavian hosts, coexistence has not come easily. Swedish officials fret about the potential security risks and the costs posed by a swelling population of displaced Muslims. Although relieved to have escaped the grinding violence of Iraq, Sweden's Iraqis face the prospect of having to rebuild shattered lives and find work in an alien society. For many, the trauma of Iraq is inescapable. Recent arrivals like Alaa say they fear being hunted down by sectarian rivals in Stockholm. "We don't know who is who here," says Alaa. In a Swedish government asylum...
...four months in office, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has seemed out of touch with the national mood. While Japanese say they're most worried about stagnant wages, a fragile pension system and growing social disparities, Abe has chosen to prioritize plans to revise Japan's pacifist constitution. While parents fret about declining academic standards, Abe's response has been to pass a reform bill that will attempt to make children more patriotic, and may bring back physical punishment to schools. "I'm not sure that constitutional revision should be the No. 1 issue," says Sadakazu Tanigaki, a former Finance Minister...
...those who fret that America has lost its way, that all the good jobs are being outsourced to China or India, that regular folks can't get ahead anymore, Loudoun and its neighboring counties seem to offer a resounding corrective. From 2000 to 2005, the Washington metropolitan area, of which Loudoun is part, added 359,000 jobs--much more than even such Sun Belt boomtowns as Phoenix, Ariz., and Dallas...