But there was something else, too, something just this side of ineffable: a relentlessness in pursuit of every last ball, driven by you could glimpse it in his strained facial muscles a sort of anxious fear of not getting there.
Day 1 I've got a splitting headache and feel anxious at the prospect of not eating anything but vegetables for the next three weeks.
Like many reporters, Mr. Fineman is ambivalent about all this e-mail, perplexed by the tone and the volume but anxious about the consequences of not receiving it.
As evening approached and I felt increasingly anxious about the prospect of not sleeping again, I caught wind that the keynote speaker Peter Katz had extra wax earplugs.
Regardless of what had happened on the stand, he always cut an awkward figure sad, a bit anxious, misplaced, not much of a master of the financial universe, or even the sort of guy who could take a lead in rigging the world's most important interest rate.
Regardless of what had happened on the stand, he always cut an awkward figure – sad, a bit anxious, misplaced, not much of a master of the financial universe, or even the sort of guy who could take a lead in rigging the world's most important interest rate.
"He gets extremely anxious when there is talk of not holding the elections as planned," the official said.
What was so remarkable was that Kennedy delivered his address at the time when there was already a media narrative unfolding about how Democrats, anxious about the political ramifications of not supporting a then-popular president, were not voicing stiff opposition to the planned invasion.
About 25percentt of people, otherwise anxious or not, have some degree of nerves about flying.
"What makes a lot of investors anxious is, not only is it changing, but it could allow for gaming of these incentive programs," said Michael McCauley, corporate governance officer at the Florida State Board of Administration, the investment manager for the state's pension plan.
