Word: fretfulness
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...with SS men, who were presumed to be among the racial as well as the political elite. Once pregnant, the women were signed into one of twelve special maternity centers, where they received lavish medical and personal care. When one of his "new breed" babies got sick, Himmler would fret and demand daily bulletins until the child was well...
...called "slide" or "bottleneck," a style of guitar playing in which something like a piece of broken glass is used to fret the strings to produce a strong, lowdown sound. A few decades ago it was the sound of a whole genus of American music that might be called backroads blues. Today its best exponent is Ry Cooder, a guitarist and singer of wry wit and concentrated energy who has extended the troubadour tradition of Woody Guthrie and fashioned a distinctive personality for himself from the shards of the American musical past...
...electoral system is so low," says Stephen Hess, a former Nixon aide and now a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, "that federal financing should be given a try." But many incumbents, particularly in the House, mortally fear such subsidies as a free ride for challengers. Some conservatives fret that public financing, especially if it is combined with strict limitations on private contributions, would give a big edge to liberal, issue-oriented candidates who can mobilize unpaid volunteers-students, housewives, union members. As Herbert E. Alexander, director of the nonprofit Princeton-based Citizens' Research Foundation, points...
When his tasks as special prosecutor are finished, Jaworski will go back to Texas. Friends used to fret that like so many others connected with Watergate, he would return a diminished figure. That no longer seems much of a hazard...
...this season, Crimson swimming coach Ray Essick has played the role of the diplomat. While most coaches fret about devising a winning strategy, Essick has had to contrive ways of keeping his team's margin of victory within reason. The opposition has to score some points. Shutting out your opponent in a swimming meet is analogous to keeping your basketball regulars in the game to pad a 50 point fourth quarter lead. It's an unnecessary show of strength. Besides, it's bad for public relations...