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• He thinks it will be the most "nerve-racking 15 minutes of my life, after the bombs are set and we're waiting to charge through the school.
• Because of that "freaky little slip of the scalpel," as Johnson ruefully characterizes it, he endured seven "nerve-racking" months.
• If your adjustable-rate loan is still new, the higher rates haven't yet taken a bite, but the years ahead may be nerve-racking.

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News & Articles

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• 'Such grand celebration' as Londonderry graduates 398
  The veil of uncertainty, while it can be nerve-racking, makes success all the sweeter, Ethan Doherty, the class president and valedictorian, told his fellow members of the 2013 class of Londonderry High School at Friday night's commencement at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
  June 15, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
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  MANCHESTER x2014 The veil of uncertainty, while it can be nerve-racking, makes success all the sweeter, Ethan Doherty, the class president and valedictorian, told his fellow members of the 2013 class of Londonderry High School at Friday nightx2019s commencement at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
  June 15, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
• Vote Changes Nearly Kill Tour De Villas Bike Race
  It was a nerve-racking half hour for the Tour de Villas organizer last Thursday night as the Des Plaines City Council bounced back and forth between rejecting and approving the annual bike race.
  June 12, 2013 - Journal & Topics Newspapers