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...Wood scathingly noted that the novel felt like “a newspaper designed by a kindergartner.” A year later, in the fall of 2003, he took a lecturing job in the same department where Smith was employed. “We were both quite nervous about meeting each other,” Wood explains, adding that he usually avoids meeting the authors he disparages. But the two “got on very well” and were quick to find that they had “lots of areas of agreement in literary matters...
...little nervous at first, but then I realized I was the best burrito eater in all of Boston,” Rodger said...
Added Hochberg: “I’ve never been so nervous my entire life than watching a freshman playing a deciding match...
Altshuler, who is a political scientist by training, said he initially felt nervous about his lack of a formal background in design...
...about as unexpected as the car dealer who asks if you're ready to talk about financing. Still, for all the hype, it's hard to see how Bush made much progress-with Democrats who seem more united than at any time since 2001, with his own nervous Nellies and with the audience at home. First, it's a tough sell, because while voters intuitively believe the program is in trouble-despite the lame protestations of Democrats that its fiscal outlook is utterly sunny-they're simply not trusting of Republicans who seem too eager to overhaul a 70-year...