Word: anxious
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General Augusto Pinochet is not a particularly scary man, now that he's out of uniform. He appears in public these days as a rather feeble octogenarian sporting soft colors, smiling affably, his eyes vaguely anxious and his demeanor almost eager to please. These days, the ruthless dictator of yore inspires more pity than terror, particularly now that the veneer of international respectability of his 17-year reign of terror has been stripped away...
...fruit, say) with protein and unsaturated fat at every snack or meal. The 1,000-plus calories from the 15 cups of juice a day Wayne had been drinking, along with the big portions of rice in Bernadette's West Indian cooking, were not going to cut it. Anxious about reducing rice but relieved to have a handle on some of Wayne's problems, Bernadette agreed she would try to adjust...
...painful subject. As Breazeal goes on the job market, she worries about what will become of her long-eyelashed offspring. Though she created Kismet, it is technically M.I.T.'s property. Breazeal is optimistic she will be able to work things out with the university, but she is still anxious. "I really don't know what will happen," she says. "The legal system doesn't have parental rights for robots...
...could, George W. Bush would be spending Tuesday naming senior members of his Cabinet. Here's how it would go: "I am proud to have Colin Powell on board to be my Secretary of State and Condi Rice as my national security adviser." Bush is understandably anxious to make that happen: naming two African Americans among his first two Cabinet officers would certainly ring a much different-sounding starting bell than incoming Republican presidents have rung in the past...
...know that we're all very anxious to fulfill the promises we made in our campaigns," said Councillor Kathleen L. Born. "And we think that we will choose a site for the library and we'll get the project underway by the start of the holiday season...