In the midst of a sea of people chatting away enthusiastically, I am uncomfortable and alone.

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"After giving it more thought and talking it over with Joe yesterday -- I am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps, " he purportedly wrote the following day.

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"I am quite uncomfortable going outside the Helsinki framework without the requisite analysis on a subject of such major strategic importance, " said Admiral Jay Johnson, Chief of Naval Operations, at a May 23 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

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My passenger is more uncomfortable than I am.

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For those who have managed to survive in the workplace, there is today a pervasive feeling of unhappiness, often followed by some uncomfortable questions: What am I creating?

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