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...early-dinner crowd at the Ocean Breeze Restaurant in famously bellwether Macomb County, Mich. Owner Tom Moragianis voted for President Bush but now is concerned that a prolonged engagement in Iraq could be a mortal blow to an already ailing economy. Or in Chattanooga, Tenn., where people fret that a nearby nuclear-power plant and the hydroelectric dam in the middle of town are being left vulnerable. "The terrorists are still here," says World War II veteran Thomas Murphy. "I really do worry about our troops' being sent overseas and depleting our homeland security." Or at V.F.W. Post...
They know that even if we have discovered the joys of procrastination, we still work 80-hour weeks and fret over all the details. They notice when we absent-mindedly refer to the trip back to Cambridge as “going home.” And they recognize that we are often so antsy that we shake the dinner table...
...When you have an important meeting scheduled with your business manager, and he postpones the meeting a couple of hours, don’t fret about your wasted time. This is a perfect opportunity for you to drink whiskey. Seriously. This is how FM works...
...Fret no more. Scott Bromley will be your bud, your man, your ombudsman. E-mail fm@thecrimson.com with your troubles and resolution will arrive within a few weeks in the pages of FM. This is not a joke. Scott will resolve all. He’s here to help...
...convincing listeners are two different things. It's odd hearing Cornell, one of the few rock singers who can belt it out high and clear, fight through Morello's machine-gun fuzz on Cochise. And when Cornell goes mellow on Hypnotize, you just presume Morello would rather be fret dancing. But after a few spins, the vestigial sounds of Audioslave's previous selves melt away, and what's left is a big, funky record full of wounded-love songs...