Word: nervous
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...Petting Zoo follows “a hotshot painter” who has a nervous breakdown after viewing the work of seventeenth-century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. As Carroll explains, “he thinks he sees in Velazquez’s work a spiritual element…and he thinks his paintings and those of his contemporaries are spiritually bereft.” The young painter then spends 72 hours in a psychological observation unit–“because they can do that if they think you?...
...admits he is a little nervous about the upcoming reading, especially having just recently recovered from pneumonia. “I did a reading in Worcester and there was a lot of smoke in the room, and the air conditioner didn’t work, and I just got so sick, I thought I was going to die,” he relates. “Then the guy behind me threw open the door, because they can see I was sick. All this air came in, and I just sat down on this stool there. The audience was very...
...little nervous at first too, but then I realized Will is the best burrito eater in all of Boston,” Dowell added...
...checking in any form is illegal and the rules, in general, emphasize skill over physical strength. Before Ruggiero’s appearance in the CHL, old Crimson teammates and her ex-coach knew that she could compete on a professional level with men, but they were nervous about the physical intensity of the game...
...always felt that if there was anyone who could do it, it would be her,” Corriero said. “But, I was unsure about how the CHL game would turn out. While I was excited, I was also nervous and worried because I was afraid she would get hurt, especially upon hearing how much rougher the CHL is compared to collegiate hockey...