Word: upset
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...diffident David did two things: he became an introvert and stuck close to the family, and he focused on school and achievement. Says Phillip, now a dentist: "He knew what it was he had to do." Sonia recalls, "If he got even one question wrong, he'd be very upset with himself." It was A's in everything, math, science--and English. Six months after starting school, David settled into the language, thanks to an English-as-a-second-language program and the miracle of TV. "We watched The Three Stooges," Phillip says. "We picked up a few phrases here...
...reluctantly agreed to do so, saying, "I'm doing it to be legal and doing it as a temporary measure until I get the law changed. I happen to value education. I do not value school in any way." Hathaway, who is writing a book about Jessica, was also upset when President Clinton signed a bill last October that prohibits people without a valid license (you must be at least 17) from flying to set records. "This bill has one result," Hathaway wrote in a letter faxed to the President. "It removes a freedom from a group of people...
...maintained his confidence even after a disastrous initial recording session, when Madonna was forced to launch into the show's biggest number, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, backed by an oversize, 84-piece orchestra whose members had never before played together. Lloyd Webber was upset with the musicians, Parker had first-day jitters and Madonna went home in tears. "I was so nervous," she says, "because I knew that Andrew had had reservations about me, and here I'm singing the hardest song in the piece. And all of a sudden there with everybody for the first time...
...case, "all the court watchers came and congratulated me," says Nelson Bickley, one of Kay's original lawyers. "The world--or what little world was there--felt she was going to walk." Even Riffe says, "Frankly, if they'd found her innocent, I wouldn't have been too upset." So the jury's verdict, guilty of first-degree murder, which carried a 15-year-to-life sentence, was a shock. Says Bickley, who in part blames himself for inadequate presentation of expert testimony: "I think the jury did not fully understand what the battered woman's syndrome...
Harvard's preseason started off strong, with four consecutive wins before the Crimson was upset by Holy Cross. The team has been led all season by the scoring (18.2 points per game) and rebounding (9.3 rebounds per game) of senior Kyle Snowden and the floor leadership of Hill, who is averaging under two turnovers a game to go along with his 6.3 assists...