Word: shaken
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...labor force was out of work. Banks had shut their doors. Farms were going belly up. Breadlines snaked through city streets. Standing jut jawed at the lectern before the Capitol's assembled throng on his first Inauguration Day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt countered the sense of helplessness, telling the shaken nation, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He then outlined a plan of economic revolution: bank and stock-market reforms, public-works programs, and emergency relief for farms. But the day's solemnity made room for celebration too, as Roosevelt answered cheers by shaking his hands over...
...sentences written on each piece of paper, and he turned through them quickly. He read his statement in his familiar throaty monotone, occasionally raising his voice but otherwise showing little overt emotion including anger. He looked much more composed, exhibiting his customary defiant confidence in comparison to the shaken figure seen in the broadcast last Thursday...
...After that, Jazeera's coverage moves on to Iraq TV interviews with five Americans whom the Iraqis claimed had been captured in the battle. The interviewer spoke in Arabic and someone translated into poor English. The first said he was from Kansas and looked visible shaken. The second was sitting down; he appeared to be uninjured. He simply said he was from Texas and gave his serial number. The Iraq TV interviewer asked him why he had come to Iraq; he replied that he was following orders. Then he was asked whether he had been welcomed with flowers or with...
...He’s a very cool, very calm customer,” said Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni. “Not a lot gets Dom excited, and that’s really become a strength of his. He doesn’t get too shaken up about things. Probably the one that does is me—I’m up and down—but Dom stays pretty balanced. That really works out well...
...tumultuous few months for the gridders. In addition to losing a large portion of its offense to graduation, the Crimson also saw the departure of three other top assistants, including offensive coordinator Jay Mills, formerly the senior assistant on the staff. Then, on Feb. 14, the program was again shaken by the news that Darren Gallup, a recruit from the Belmont Hill School, had died in a car accident...