At Joe's Pub on Sunday at 9 30 she plays a solo acoustic concert that could be even more intense; admission is $15 (Pareles).
For at least this one night in the increasingly stressful and emotionally intense college admissions process, high school students were in the enviable position of being cultivated by the colleges, instead of the other way around.
But many of today's repeaters are motivated by the intense competition for admission to elite colleges.
With applications to four-year colleges, especially the most selective, increasing every year, the intense competition over admission is filtering all the way down to sixth grade.
The current intense competition for university admissions also appears to be a factor, with teenagers using summers to add sizzle to their applications.
While he was essentially an affable fellow, by his own admission his intense concentration on the course often created a "fearsome, pained and serious exterior", and he occasionally became involved in disputes with other players on the circuit, chiefly over alleged rule infringements, slow play or etiquette breaches.
Mr. Rowland has been under intense scrutiny since his admission on Dec. 12 that he had lied when he denied having accepted free work on his Litchfield cottage from contractors and state aides, some of whom are the subject of a federal investigation into possible corruption in the awarding of state contracts.
Mr. Rowland has been under intense scrutiny since his admission Dec. 12 that he was not truthful when he first denied having accepted free work on his Litchfield cottage from contractors and state aides, some of whom are the subjects of a federal investigation into possible corruption in the awarding of state contracts.
Eric Daniels, chief executive of the bank formed just under four weeks ago when Lloyds TSB rescued HBOS, was under intense pressure after the admission that HBOS had incurred almost £11bn of losses, caused partly by a £1.6bn deterioration in loans to big companies in the retail and property sectors.
In conclusion, the current study has shown that, in patients with GBS, anxiety is at admission often intense, increased by presence of bulbar dysfunction, focused on intubation and definitive paralysis and, when accompanied by feeling of uncertainty, independently associated with subsequent requirement of MV.
