Word: worrier
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...ROAD WORRIER...
...million a year to such charities as the St. Luke's Hospice and the Devon Wildlife Trust. The Prince's Trust, which he established in 1976, is Britain's largest charitable network. In the coming months, he will be refining his public image even more. "He is a worrier," says Hurd. "He takes infinite trouble with things, and he will worry his way into his new burdens...
...potential President. Now? Well, let's see: there's the failure of the budget deal to adequately address middle-class entitlements. A nontrivial problem, but not a crisis like the wars and riots and racism and economic calamities that Americans have faced in the past. As a skilled worrier, I fear my craft has become obsolete, like whaling or vaudeville...
Kerri Strug was known as the quiet member of the U.S. gymnastics team, overshadowed by media darlings like five-time Olympic medal winner Shannon Miller and 14-year-old phenom Dominique Moceanu. Strug, 18, is the sensitive one, the worrier, the one most attuned to the feelings of her teammates. She remembers birthdays and sends notes. When Amanda Borden was going through physical problems, it was Strug who perked her up by sending cards. She's a team player...
British rower Steve Redgrave is a worrier. he claims fretting is essential to winning races. "If you're not worrying, you lose your mental edge," says Redgrave. "Before you know it, somebody comes from out of the woodwork to pull a half a length ahead of you." Apparently the worrying has paid off for him. Nobody has got ahead of Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, his partner in the coxless pairs, for four years. Redgrave and Pinsent have racked up a string of more than 50 international wins in pairs, as well as four consecutive world championships and a gold medal...