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• n  the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
• n  an uneasy psychological state
• n  a sensitive or highly strung temperament

• Even at 24, Churchill was steely: "I never felt the slightest nervousness," he wrote to his mother.
• Shawn Johnson has an easy smile and confidence and rarely betrays the nervousness she says she feels at every competition.
• In her stall she shows traces of the nervousness which is noticeable in all progeny of her mother.

• jitteriness
• jumpiness
• restiveness
• nerves

News & Articles

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• European Markets Trimmed Gains After Employment Report
  The European markets began Friday's session in the green, taking a cue from the overnight performance in the U.S. and Asia. A report in The Wall Street Journal stated that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will act soon to quell investor fear on stimulus tapering. The subject has contributed to the nervousness of investors and the weakness in the markets this week. However, the European ...
  June 14, 2013 - RTT News
• The Dow Dove Below 15,000, but These Stocks Were Winners
  Nervousness about the overall condition of the market couldn't hold these stocks back.        
  June 13, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Lake Forest's Cummins wins first pro bout
  COSTA MESA – Rachael Cummins is relaxed and calm as she stands in front of the second opponent of her pro career. She's beaten back the nervousness of fighting in front of nearly 1,500 spectators June 6 at The Hangar. She's successfully cut 12...
  June 12, 2013 - Saddleback Valley News

Quotes

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• President Bush in FOXNews
  I think the system is basically sound, I truly do,Bush said. "I understand there's a lot of nervousness. The economy is growing. Productivity is high. Trade's up. People are working - it's not as good as we'd like. And to the extent that...
• Carlos Dunga in The Press Association
  The first match is always very tiring,said Dunga. "There is a lot of nervousness and anxiety after a lot of training sessions. All of us want to score and not concede any goals."
• Louis Gallois in ABC News
  I think the nervousness which Boeing is showing in this affair and the propaganda campaign they have been waging in the last few days is because they are afraid that we will have a competitive offer on the tanker,Gallois said. "They know...