1.   Its mainstream popularity was all the more surprising given that alien-invasion fiction usually flourishes in times of national anxiety.

2.   Jack Lemmon was our national anxiety attack for more than half a century, a nervous tic whose obsessive nature made the great movies he was in even better.

3.   So who has the prescription for ending this national anxiety attack?

4.   The battle has been colored by national anxieties and the legacy of World War II.

5.   The national anxiety level, we hear, is nearing the all-time high of last November.

6.   The rise of the Klan reflected national anxieties about the new immigrants and exacerbated those fears, scholars said.

7.   We are uncomfortable with national anxiety.

8.   When one program featured some particularly emotional footage of a British girl paralyzed by the incurable disease that destroys the brain, the national anxiety seemed to skyrocket.

9.   Belgium has been thrown into a state of national anxiety over revelations that at least four young girls have died after being kidnapped and abused by Dutroux.