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Word: nervousness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...going to be our toughest match this season," MacKay said. "We're nervous, but we're psyched for a challenge. Harvard has always been strong depth-wise--but this year--we've got a really strong team from one to nine. We can challenge them depth-wise this year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetwomen Travel to Princeton to Cage the Tigers | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...spasms seemed almost psychologically coordinated, as if a mysterious common impulse had swept through the nervous system of a global generation. The theme of the protests, and of the generation, was . . .what? To challenge authority. To change the world. To announce itself: Power to the imagination! Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre declared the upheaval "the extension of the limits of the possible." At Columbia University, Mark Rudd, a scion of Corporate America, borrrowed an epigram from the street poet LeRoi Jones (now Amiri Baraka): "Up against the wall, motherf*****, this is a stickup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolution | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

...obviously very nervous about being alone now," the student said, "and I try to travel in groups--it's much safer...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Freshman Attacked in Yard | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

GENITAL HERPES. Incurable but not deadly to adults, this infection is caused by the herpes simplex virus. The virus lies quietly within the nervous system, then periodically breaks out to cause painful genital sores. Highly contagious, herpes may have infected 20% of sexually active men and women. Most cases apparently go unreported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Other Dangers of Close Encounters | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

With Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pedro Almodovar has become the flavor of the month internationally. Now Hollywood is panting for his services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 5 JANUARY 30, 1989 | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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