Word: angst
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Overcoming administration angst, mayoral meddling and the Massachusetts fiscal crisis, the logistically nightmarish annual aquatic bash known as the Head of the Charles is back...
However, David A. Smith '94 said he has escaped the first-year angst phenomenon, attributing this to the low initial expectations he brought with him. "If you come here expecting beautiful women with silk veils to dance around your bed, you will be acutely disappointed," he said...
Publication of a comprehensive poll by the Times Mirror Co. last week compounded insiders' angst by showing that political dyspepsia has worsened. For instance, 78% say that elected federal officials quickly lose touch with constituents (vs. 73% in a comparable poll three years ago). The proposition that ordinary people lack influence on government action gets agreement from 57%, up 5 points...
...think it's pretty nerve-wracking," he says. "Meeting the profs is fairly angst-ridden. And you think it matters--it probably doesn't--just people think it does...
...spots in the Middle East for the past three weeks, CBS News anchorman Dan Rather has been just where he likes to be: at the center of the action. But last week he missed a big story back on his home turf. In another spasm of turmoil at the angst-ridden House of Murrow, CBS News president David Burke, 54, was forced to resign after two years on the job. Eric Ober, 48, a 24-year veteran of CBS who currently runs the five local stations that the network owns, will become the fourth news president since Laurence Tisch took...