Word: nervous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary of State is a little man, and he is rather nervous in his manner. So the giants of wit and wisdom who wander among the concentric semicircles of desks in the Senate Chamber looked at him quizzically, and between the making of one law and the making of another dubbed him "Nervous Nellie...
...their wont to murmur it from time to time, so they murmured "Nervous Nellie" last week when he first summoned to confer with him his former colleague, now become Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Borah, and later went to confer with President Coolidge, and then issued a statement...
...Nervous," the critics reiterated. "What is he nervous about...
...Crozier, G. '14, Associate Professor of General Physiology, to conduct research to determine the physico-chemical nature of the central nervous Activities...
...President and Mrs. Coolidge prepared to return to Washington their physicians observed with satisfaction that both have benefitted greatly from the comparative rest of their vacation at Swampscott. Mrs. Coolidge, who came to White Court in a somewhat nervous condition, has avoided all social activities and reaped a reward which is clearly evident in her less tense and physically more bouyant appearance. The President has gained materially in weight; several little nervous lines have melted from his face; and he seems vigorous and alert...