Word: restlessly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months, "they worked almost around the clock," says Jessie. Today the brothers-in-law own six restaurants and two fitness centers, employ 500 people and are easily millionaires. There seemed no reason why Kerrey would not continue as a successful small businessman, but by 1981, he had grown restless. With small groups of family and close friends, the talk frequently had an "Is this all there is?" theme. Maybe, Kerrey mused, he would try politics. Sure, everyone agreed. Mayor? The legislature? No, said Kerrey. He was thinking of running for Governor. Rasmussen was astonished. "Bob was not that well-known...
...SLEEP WITH ANGER. A charming wastrel (Danny Glover) brings the dark past into the restless heart of a middle-class black family. Charles Burnett's drama is an acute and beautifully played evocation of the down-home ghosts that may haunt and taunt any urban family...
...machine most likely to find them is the giant superconducting supercollider, to be built in Texas. The controversial project will cost at least $8 billion, but the Nobel winners support it. Like the devices they used in their work, says Kendall, the SSC "represents the price of the restless curiosity of the human race to understand the physical universe we inhabit...
...current round of negotiations was originally scheduled to conclude last March, according to city officials, and the protracted delay has made several city council members restless. Earlier this month, Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 called for a public hearing to discuss the negotiations, which are closed to council members...
...they smarter for it? Many teachers and psychologists argue that TV is largely to blame for the decline in reading skills and school performance. In his studies of children at Yale, psychologist Jerome Singer found that kids who are heavy TV watchers tend to be less well informed, more restless and poorer students. The frenetic pace of TV, moreover, has seeped into the classroom. "A teacher who is going into a lengthy explanation of an arithmetic problem will begin to lose the audience after a while," says Singer. "Children are expecting some kind of show." Even the much beloved Sesame...