Word: restlessness
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Long into the meeting, restless council members expressed frustration with the abundant and expensive grant requests...
...flamboyant Rubbia, born in Gorizia, Italy, is certain to enjoy his half of the approximately $195,000 prize. He owns a yacht and has a hearty appetite, particularly for Italian food. He is impatient with lesser minds than his and is intellectually restless: his current projects range from tracking down the magnetic monopole, another elusive particle, to searching for antimatter...
Nigeria's decision made it more likely that other restless members, like Abu Dhabi, will tear away, possibly leading to anarchy among OPEC members and a sharp slide in oil prices. "This has got to panic every oil-producing nation," says Lawrence Goldstein, executive vice president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation. "In the next few days we will find out what OPEC is made of." Most oil-industry insiders believe, though, that the group will try to avoid cutting its price, at least by much. Their shared interest in keeping world petroleum prices stable will help resolve many...
...Oregon county grows restless over a guru's recruits...
Ardito Barletta's advantage may be that the restless mood in Panama also extends to the military. Many junior officers are said to be upset by the corruption endemic in the upper ranks. The peculation stems from military involvement in everything from Panama's legalized gambling to kickbacks involving government agencies. Thus some Panamanians feel that Ardito Barletta might be able to counter the inevitable loss of popular support during his austerity drive by launching an anticorruption campaign...