Word: stuttering
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...that I have, my former fears recede into unimportance. Worrying about my stutter seems embarrassingly vain when balanced against the task before me; leaping into cleanness and beginning the next two years means sloughing off the weary distractions that might keep me from serving my future students most effectively. Like Brooke, I’m energized and motivated by the thought of my work before me. It is not a manic energy, but a steady welling that unfolds like the 14 lines of sonnet, assuring me that I can because I must...
Most psephologists believe that Labour would have won an overall majority if Brown had called a November election. That's a belief shared by the Tories, who are convinced that a later election will benefit their cause. They expect the British economy to stutter, damaging Labour's reputation and, more especially, Brown's - he was Chancellor of the Exchequer for 10 years before becoming Prime Minister, after all. They also want months rather than weeks to woo electors with vote-winning policies such as their planned changes to the inheritance tax, which would raise the threshold to 1 million pounds...
...balled fists. I would bet I’m not the only person in the College who has tasted blood in his mouth after clenching his teeth so hard during a block that made his entire head hurt. About once a month, a waitress or waiter will take my stutter as evidence of mental retardation, and proceed to treat me accordingly...
...ever overcome your serious stutter...
...French Democracy (UDF) and for many years a minor presence in the rarefied world of French politics, Bayrou has emerged as a serious contender for the country's presidency. He has done so in spite of his homespun background. A smallholder's son from the Pyrenees, saddled with a stutter as a kid, he never rounded off his résumé at one of France's prestigious grandes écoles as many politicians do. Yet it's exactly Bayrou's ordinariness, his lack of privilege, that is attracting supporters - and driving the man. "I've always been sensitive...