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Word: nervously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Getting nervous? In the past two weeks, the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen 529 points, a drop of nearly 10% since its August peak, punctuating a dismal third quarter. Investors are hoping--praying might be a better word--that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan will decide against the third interest-rate hike of 1999 when the central bank's Open Market Committee meets this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worried About the Dollar | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...glum and endless and appears to have been designed by writer Kurt Luedtke (working from a Warren Adler novel) to show Dutch in the worst possible light. Apparently, though, Kay has a taste for sullen plodders. No other explanation is offered for her decision to enter into a brief, nervous affair with Dutch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Heartsick | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...capable of finding any emotion on the gamut, she injected new life into an old part as Susie in last year's Wait Until Dark. She landed the almost impossibly difficult lead role of Rachel, but Roulleau is confident she'll pull it off. Julie, he says makes Rachel "nervous, self-deprecating and fragile, yet exceedingly tender and capable of terrific humor." But there are some potential obstacles. Roulleau notes that "budget is always a concern for the smaller shows in the season; but our team of designers is scrappy and resourceful and some very interesting things are happening...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, Angela Marek, Diana R. Movius, and Cara New, S | Title: Fall Theater Preview: October | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...kids aren't aware that you're 22 and you're as nervous as they are," Garlin says...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teach for America Brings Harvard Graduates to Underprivileged Communities | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...remark regarding those on a vegetarian diet elicited nervous chuckles...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ventura Speech Packs Forum | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

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