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...Carolina. In 2002, when the Alliance ran its first game, "we thought that if we got a hundred people and a thousand dollars, it would be a miracle," says John Paul Womble, director of development. The event sold out and the Alliance eventually moved to the much larger Armory. Nervous about filling such a large space, Womble got in touch with North Carolina resident Tammy Faye Bakker Messner - yes, that Tammy Faye, former wife of fallen televangelist Jim Bakker - and asked if she'd call the numbers. She agreed, and the Armory sold out. "Talk about surreal," says Womble...
...careful. A recent scare about Vice President Dick Cheney's calf clots showed how seriously doctors take them. Tim was a little tender (albeit at just one spot) and this is - vaguely - a sign of clots. The test is non-invasive. And Tim was the nervous type. Scared patients can get doctors scared...
...poems and some essays in both magazines she works for, and is now looking to make her voice heard in the wider world by submitting to professional publications.“I started off with the New Yorker and the Paris Review,” she says with a nervous smile. “But I’m sure I’ll have to work my way well down my list before anything comes of it.”Instead of seeking a stereotypical neo-beatnik life, Vasiliauskas aspires to fit her interests as a writer into...
...Fishburn and Jakim also deserve accolades as supporting actors. Fishburn was appropriately cocky and vapid and Jakim was appropriately meek. Jakim’s nervous giggle especially intensified my sense of being caught in the midst of a family feud...
...nerves—when we came out we were really excited—but we play best when we’re loose,” co-captain Brian Mahler said. “When we don’t know what’s going on...guys get nervous, start standing around, we get down a couple of goals, all those things get in our head and cause the turnovers.”Although the Bulldogs did not fare much better, posting 10 turnovers in the first half and 20 overall, their errors came at less key times. Harvard?...