"People coming back, especially high performers, feel this pressure to walk back in the door and expect the same level of performance, " Ms. Fishman Cohen says.

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Jeff Talley, a former negotiator with the Los Angeles Police Department, is plunged back into precisely the kind of high-pressure situation that drove him out of the city in the first place, and which contributed to the breakdown of his marriage.

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Prices did back down from the daily high on some mild profit-taking pressure.

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As the back-to-school season kicks into high gear, the pressure and anxiety finally starts to subside for young people (and often their parents), who started this journey over a year ago, competing to beat seemingly impossible odds for a spot at a selective college.

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It took until the 23rd minute to get the Halliwell Jones scoreboard ticking when Warrington full-back Chris Riley dropped a towering high ball, leading to a sustained period of pressure for the Bulls that ended in Lynch crashing over for a video-referral try.

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Stricklin, who has six everyday players back from last season, said some of them were consumed by the pressure of high expectations.

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Olly Barkley struck back after Ryan Lamb's high kick and Morgan's follow-up piled on the pressure and forced the Blues into giving away a penalty.

BBC: Blues 37-24 Gloucester