Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...civilian-on-the-street as the formulas of the ancient alchemists. The surreal arithmetic of SALT might as well be the music of the spheres, for all the help it gives ordinary folks trying to get a clear picture of the country's real and relative strengths. The nervous strategist is not the only one to covet verification; the common citizen could also use some...
...Begin with music and see what this can tell us about the sensation of thinking." He recommends an experiment, enlisting Johann Sebastian Bach to support his hypothesis: "Put on The St. Matthew Passion and turn the volume up all the way. That is the sound of the whole central nervous system of human beings, all at once...
...brass reside under tight security on the sixth floor of the RCA Building in Manhattan. To one side are the offices of the chairman and the president, an area referred to by nervous underlings as "the court of the Borgias." The senior executive offices are on the other side, along a stark corridor lined with a tan carpet. With its plain white office doors and antiseptic ambience, a visitor observed last week, the place has the look of a hospital. "No," replied an NBC executive. "It is more like an insane asylum...
...congested, noisy city, sometimes even a small increase can be the straw that breaks the camel's back." Wylie said. "The noise does make people nervous," Wylie added, saying he had recently received several phone calls complaining about flyovers...
Louis J. DiBerardinis, industrial hygienist at UHS's office of Environmental Health and Safety, said although the chemical is not dangerous to humans when used in open areas, "people should be notified it is being used." He said the pesticide can act as a depressant on the central nervous system, causing fatigue, nausea and headaches...