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Undersecretary Loy Henderson, with the delegation, described Nasser as “obviously nervous and ill-at-ease” but pledging no “hostile arguments” by the Egyptian government.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

Fewer and fewer Americans trust the press; the polarisation of news coverage is a testament to how ill-at-ease people feel about the information they're being sold.

The White House correspondents' dinner: an unseemly schmoozefest | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian 2011

This time round I was watching the DVD, which includes a 1993 convention interview with Jon Pertwee and a 1973 Pebble Mill interview with Patrick Troughton - who looks very nervous and ill-at-ease, either he hadn't yet developed the convention-attending skills he later displayed until the day he died, or perhaps he just wasn't feeling well.

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Wearing a dark blue suit and light blue tie and sporting his trademark stubble beard, Mr. Abramovich appeared ill-at-ease, in contrast to Mr. Berezovsky, whose testimony in the early days of the trial exuded a brash confidence.

Russian Tycoon Faces Grilling Guy Chazan 2011

Undersecretary Loy Henderson, with the delegation, described Nasser as “obviously nervous and ill-at-ease” but pledging no “hostile arguments” by the Egyptian government.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

Peppered by sometimes hostile questions, the chief executive looked ill-at-ease in a blue jumpsuit, and for the most part stuck to generalities.

Tepco Plans Compensation Payments Kana Inagaki 2011

These players consistently played the ball off quickly and then got going, making quick, short runs which regularly moved an already ill-at-ease England defence out of position and gave Germany's midfield players, in particular the excellent Bastian Schweinsteiger, options for passes.

Sharp and clever Germans bewilder flat-lining England 2010

I was initially reluctant because I'm a writer, and this is The School Of Visual Arts; you are visual artists, mostly, notwithstanding the presence of a few critics among you -- and no offense, but the presence of critics has never made me relax when I'm ill-at-ease.

Tony Kushner At The School Of Visual Arts: 'Artists Know That Diligence Counts As Much, If Not More, As Inspiration' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Her manner, so ill-at-ease, so furtive, would have protected her effectively against being befriended.

Starting from Scratch Susan Gilbert-Collins 2010

I was initially reluctant because I'm a writer, and this is The School Of Visual Arts; you are visual artists, mostly, notwithstanding the presence of a few critics among you -- and no offense, but the presence of critics has never made me relax when I'm ill-at-ease.

Tony Kushner At The School Of Visual Arts: 'Artists Know That Diligence Counts As Much, If Not More, As Inspiration' 2010