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...should be nervous if the timetable becomes too ambitious. We do not want this to result in, as it were, mandated failure,” Knowles said...
...since independence from France in 1960, rival political camps clashed violently and frequently in the streets. While factionalism exercised at the end of a stick may be a standard part of the political process in many parts of Africa, it was a shocking and unsettling occurrence here. "People are nervous - they don't know what to expect," the Toucan's waitress said. "They are stocking up on groceries." The West African country of some 12 million, mostly Muslim and from diverse indigenous tribes, has long been celebrated as one of the continent's leading outposts of peace and stability...
...line standards on what the law allowed and collected endorsements from so broad a base of advocates (the American Jewish Committee, the Council on Islamic Education, the National Association of Evangelicals and the liberal watchdog group People for the American Way, to name a few) that even the most nervous school board could find what he calls "safe harbor" for a course teaching about the Bible...
...tried my best to find out what happened to the man who could spark a war with Iran, but he seems to have disappeared like a diamond in an inkwell. And it makes me nervous...
There are several obvious conclusions to be drawn from the very recent history of crime at Harvard. Perpetrators tend to be tight-fisted, easily knocked-down, and exceptionally stupid. Incidents are common enough to make any world-weary undergraduate nervous; the first two months of 2007 saw eight reported thefts from College residences alone...