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the public adulation for Saturday was worrying because here was a 9/11 book that everyone was praising to the sky, making into a bestseller, and it was not a good book for McEwan, who is a very, very good writer. But maybe I shouldn't have been so pompous.

This spring, we're seeing him get back to where he was at. He's still made some changes, and he's still not exactly mechanically where he was two years ago. It's a little different, but it works. What I'm seeing, though, is that instead of worrying about mechanics, he's worrying about hitting. He still has a long way to go, like every young player.

We're not dwelling on whether it's good or bad for us. We're just preparing for another great North Texas-Middle Tennessee game, and we're not worrying about the schedule.

We're kind of in a unique position. Nobody expects us to be here, including ourselves. We don't have pressure. And all it takes is one or two slip-ups from the guys in front of us, and we'll be right there. Hopefully they're looking back and worrying about us. I don't know if they are, but we feel like we've got a shot.

We are just worrying about us. We are going to make them play the way we play. We are still going to grind it out, take their stuff away, be patient and take the breaks when we can.

We're not thinking about that. You can only take care of today. Worrying about down the road, percentages you have to win that's wasted energy.

We won the games last year, but we're not worrying about that. I think the team has come together through this situation. It doesn't matter to us anymore.

'What if?' statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you'll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control.

We were worrying about the games we were losing too much, we were worrying about offense too much. We had to get back to us being a defensive team. We are a great defensive team, and I think we showed that tonight. We made it tough for them to score.

We completely understand the frustration and the anger among students that this is still going on. The key thing is that we get it resolved. The boycott of exam-setting is a worrying but effective tool. We have been forced to use the tools that are the most effective for us.

We arrive at a worrying moment but our position is one of solidarity with President Clinton, ... I do not wish to offend U.S. parliamentarians but it seems to me this goes against what the people want, and that is serious.

We're worrying about issues of whether we have faith in our staff or we don't.

We thought about switching every day and creating new lines but then we decided not to, ... The whole idea here was the introduction of some concepts of play. Rather then have them worrying about adjusting to new guys every day, we wanted them to concentrate and focus on trying to absorb the system we want to play.

We should stop worrying and be ready to keep up our efforts that will lead to a good result,

Worrying about anything but A&M right now is just foolish.

Worrying about bills, food, or other problems leaves less capacity to think ahead or to exert self-discipline. So, poverty imposes a mental tax.

Worrying that a catastrophe will hit earth tomorrow is a constant worry for some, but that shouldn't be an issue when it comes to investment. You can't be fully prepared for unforeseeable events.

Worrying works! 90% of the things I worry about never happen.

We're still trying to build our team and make sure our team is solid on all fronts. We don't want to neglect anything worrying about somebody else. We're shaping and forming a tough, gritty team right now and I hope we don't take away from that by just preparing for someone else.

The persistent increase in oil prices is worrying me again.

Whether they're jukebox musicals I hate the term or new and hip, you gotta pick songs that support the story. If you don't feel for the characters, if you're not worrying about what is going to happen, you're going to fail.

We got word that they're looting on Jefferson Highway, which is our neighborhood. We've quit worrying about the water. Now we're worried about the looting.

What he did was not an irrational thing. This was a very close friend this happened to. Everyone was shaken up about it. When I spoke to him, it was all about Harry, worrying about him.

The people who daily serve Winston-Salem, day in and day out in public service - and their families who suffer the risk of always worrying - you are the heroes.

We spent the week worrying about yields and what the economic data would do. We managed to work our way through it. We finished off the week the best we could. Next week we have a host of economic data that may or may not change our mind. We'll see how it plays out.

We're not going to overlook our other opponents. We're worrying about winning the city championship. Still, we are thinking about STVM. They're in the back of my mind.

We've already got a ton of pressure going out there. We can't start worrying about that we have to win this and we have to win that. We just had to go out there and try to get a run.

We've already had some very worrying points of information which could have seen the start of the correction.

We know better than that. Ahead is going to be there; you just worry about Houston. That's the only team we are worrying about. I'm not worrying about anything more than Sunday afternoon at one o'clock.

We know we have nothing to lose and everything to prove. We're past worrying about (Class) A and double-A.

Uh, something about going the extra mile and not worrying about traffic, I think.

At this point in the season, you've just got bring your best game. If a team spends time worrying about your opponent, then you can psyche yourselves out. You start winning the battles and hope you can win the war.

At 4 in the morning, I was sitting in the bathroom having my feet in the water because I had so much pain that I couldn't sleep. I had a really bad blister on my feet. Then all day I was basically taking care of my feet and went for a swimming pool, had a massage, was worrying if I will be even able to run on the court. In the end, I was really happy the way I played. I mean, I had the pain, but I overcame it and I tried to fight to win the match.

Digital technology is a really worrying thing from an archivist standpoint,

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.

This year, I'm just not really worrying too much about it, ... I'm not stressing over a bad shot, it's relaxing...Adrienne and I had a good time today.

Even more worrying is the violence we do to our personal relationships when we let media consume time we might otherwise spend with each other.

With experience, you learn how to house those emotions and focus on what you need to focus on, ... A lot of times you get too involved with outside forces instead of what you need to be worrying about.

When I started worrying about stocks, it was the late 1930s and early 1940s and it didn't seem like a good way to make money then, either.

Everybody's worrying about our tailback, but I think we got a good one. He's just got to hold on to the ball.

At some point, you just have to say you'll stop worrying about the comparisons and start over next year.

I've been doing it for 18 years, so it's about time to ride good. I'm just having fun and not worrying about the results.

It wouldn't shock me if we got 600. This has been the most amazing winter. We went from despair to relief that there was snow then back to worrying again.

I used to live too much of my life worrying about what other people thought, ... My dark and introspective life was solitary. It was valid, (but now) I finally feel like I have a family. I'm integrated. My friends are really important to me, and they have a lot to do with why this record is so (expletive) cool.

I've been living a nightmare, worrying if she is hurt or ill.

I've been living a nightmare, worrying if she is hurt or ill. There is no one I hold closer to my heart than my sister, and I am deeply worried wondering how she is being treated.

The wholesale and international contribution have masked some of the worrying trends in the retail side of the business.

The graphical editors are important. People don't always understand the different syntax. If you're concentrating on Web services, the goal is to make you productive without worrying about the details of how a WSDL file is put together.

We were focusing on our own boat and not worrying about the other boat. Guys had an expectation to find an internal rhythm, a boat identity.

We need to see imports soften off if we are ever going to solve the current account deficit problem. That's why we've seen the currency respond to the wider deficit. It's worrying that the current account deficit will stay large.

The simple fact is this: a lot of global investors have been making big bets on equities around the world. Now they're pulling back, ... They're worrying about a riskier world, particularly about difficulties in Asia.

The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens - raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born.

The situation is more worrying (in Somalia) because of the 15 years of conflict in a country that has lacked central government.

The situation of the team was such that it was decided we needed a change. The performance wasn't up to expectations. It was worrying for us and Madrid supporters.

The steady fall in the critical confidence balances this year, for both manufacturing and services, is extremely worrying and requires an urgent policy response.

We have made significant changes to the policy in the last year and a half. We made the first step by ourselves, and we thought we needed to take the next step. We hope this lets things die down with Congress, because we want to end the problem now and get back to playing ball and not worrying about steroids every day.

We were talking about, in the room, worrying about our game as a team. After you clinch a (East) division title it's one thing to let up as a team, but the sign of a true, I guess contending team, is making a run at the conference. Instead of being satisfied with a win last night we want to chase the next best thing.

The price index was up, ... This reflects the rise in oil prices and not much else, but that won't stop doom-mongers worrying about it. In short, the report shows manufacturing is still on track.

There are a few things worrying the market today, but the most relevant is New York.

Arguably there's no signal now. In my house it doesn't work. In my mom's house it doesn't work. In my in-laws house it doesn't work. So I don't think it's worth worrying about one way or the other.

I've stopped worrying about whether people think what I do is any good. I've taken stick in the past, and I've genuinely worried and got incredibly upset.

They all ignored the invitations. But this shows a great deal. It shows that the authorities are isolated from new ideas. They don't want to hear criticism or analysis. This is a very worrying sign.

It was very, very difficult for a program that was so competitive at the national level to look like it was going toward extinction. The lifeblood of a Division III program is having kids. We don't have athletic scholarships where you can replace players very easily. When those numbers dwindle down, you start worrying about whether you can field a team.

You have to put that out of your head and continue to go out there and play hard without worrying about being in foul trouble. For me to go out there and not play as hard on defense, it would definitely hurt us.

We've proven we can compete, now it's a matter of taking the next step and winning a game or two. I certainly don't think we're going in worrying about anything.

We should be looking at situations long-term. We should plan for five years from now, 10 years from now, instead of all of a sudden worrying about how to fix something.

the recordings became bigger than the songs, which I came to understand is a backwards way of doing it. The songs have to come first and inspire everything else. If Rick did anything for me, he did that. He brought my focus back to the songs and made me feel comfortable about not worrying about how the recording of that particular song would be.

You can't be worrying about everything all at once,

We've had some very close games at Purcell (Marian) and Alter. I think in a good way they are not worrying about the (state) poll. They are worrying about how many games we have in a row, as well as our league.

To be honest I am more focused on getting into the side here at the Borders that worrying about Scotland right now. There is so much strength in the back row at this club. I feel that we definitely have the squad here that can win games whereas last year we were not quite equipped for the job. We have made a few signings and I see no reason why we can't win a few matches. The players are really close, probably more so than last year.

Bruno is my friend and I talk to him as much as I can. I want him to get better as soon as possible and get back to racing. I know I'll have to begin worrying about what I do next year pretty soon. I really just started thinking about that. Maybe I should be calling some people now, but I'm just enjoying this so much that it's hard to think about that.

Even the Greater Manchester Police has fallen victim to an email DoS attack. Earlier this year its chief constable was bombarded with 2,000 emails per hour by cyber criminals in an attempt to crash the force's computer systems, ... Businesses need to realise that it could happen to them too. It is worrying that so many organisations have their heads in the sand and don't realise they are vulnerable to attacks that could potentially bring their businesses to a standstill.

Stop worrying about England having four bowlers. It'll rain tomorrow and we can all light cigars and sit back and enjoy victory.

People came through. They all came together, they didn't worry about ratings, the stuff we spend way to much time worrying about. They became a community.

Rather than voting to protect consumers, the Committee made things worse. All consumers should have the right to sleep at night without worrying about identity theft -- this bill takes us in the exact wrong direction.

Oh God,' he groaned. 'I'd almost forgotten! What a relief it was when I stopped worrying about being good!

Without doubt, there are unexpected pressures that come with success, that I would be surprised if many people are prepared for, or even aware of beforehand, that takes getting used to. But then again, when you're doing very well, you earn a great deal of money so at least you can sit there worrying in a nice big house, rather than a little house.

Firms that you can hold on to without worrying are seeing some buying ... Sony, Toyota and Canon are worry-free, and a lot of investment trusts are designed to include those kind of stocks.

Actors don't do a good job worrying about their finances. It's difficult because you do not work consistently week after week. You may be very well paid for a job that lasts 10 weeks. Then you're unemployed and you haven't put any money aside.

Once you start worrying about a national football championship, then you begin to worry about getting the quality of athlete, and the numbers needed, to win a national championship. And that worry leads to pressure to compromise academic standards to admit those athletes.

Despite what you may hear from the administration and from Congress, this CBO report does not provide evidence that the tax cuts are working and that they can be extended without worrying about large deficits.

Days of wanting.Let them go by without worrying that they do.Stay where you areinside such a pure, hollow note.

Coach didn't want to put the lineup up because he didn't want guys on our team worrying about who was in or who was out.

Coach was talking to me about just playing good defense and rebounding. He told me I'm a better player than (I had played) and I have a lot more to give to this team. He said don't work on offense, that'll come. ... He just wanted me to go out there and play hard, not worrying about doing anything wrong.

As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a child's bedroom; this means that the mediating effect of watching with a parent, the ability to discuss and interpret what has been seen, is lost.

All around the world the stress levels of business leaders shot up last year, whether economic activity in their country was picking up or slowing down. Thailand was no exception, with business leaders increasing their stress levels to find opportunities in the current economic climate and also worrying about future political and environmental factors.

That opens it up. Lisa's been coming on. She's been battling a leg problem all year and she was worrying that the doctor might shut her down for the year. She got the OK last Monday that it's not a stress fracture, and all of a sudden she's shooting the heck out of the ball.

That's just a part of football, ... I've cleared my mind of worrying about anything like that. I don't really care.

That's good for his confidence because we know he's a good player and we want him to be on the pitch. That will definitely help his morale and spirit to finally get that monkey off his back. Now he can go out and play good soccer instead of worrying about scoring goals.

As any parent knows, part of your mind is always engaged - wondering and worrying that everything is okay and calculating all the stuff that has to get done in the course of a day. When the children are asleep in their beds, I can go where I really need to go in my head.

always feels more worrying when you're a small party trying to get established.

A lot of our members will be extremely disappointed that they will not have a chance to vote for Ken. For him to be eliminated in the first round sends a very sad and worrying signal to the electorate. Some people simply can't accept being led by someone committed to Europe. The party has to decide whether it wants to win or not.

A lot of people, once they become champion, they relax, kind of sit in the position and try to enjoy it. But I feel like everything I've ever worked for could be lost at any moment. I work harder and harder and harder, because I want to be farther ahead with every fight, and not worrying about these girls catching up to me.

They're the world champions. They know how to play in the playoffs. They have the veterans. We can't be worrying about facing Manny or stuff like that. We have to play White Sox baseball.

Our thing is we're trying to win and just get in a groove where we can continue it and get into the playoffs. If you start worrying about seeds then your focus isn't on winning games.

Ryan is the type of person who worries about people worrying about him. He's just been so unbelievably brave and positive throughout the whole situation.

Some people stay up worrying about $750 in debt, while other people don't give a thought to being $100,000 in debt.

People say this is (for students in) second or third grade. Some say preschool. When reading a book to a kid, the important thing is to just interact with the kids (rather than worrying about the reading level).

People are still worrying over the Argentina situation.

Especially at the beginning of the year, he stressed it a lot ? being team-oriented. Playing for your team and not worrying about your own stuff. At the beginning of the year, that's kind of more crucial, because you're trying to start off on the right foot.