Ambiguity stirs anxiety: the vertical strip of wallpaper dividing the picture separates two rather different scenes, which you register at first only subliminally.

Across the New York metropolitan region yesterday, the military strikes on Afghanistan stirred relief, cheer, bluster, debate, sadness and anxiety.

Mrs. Whitman's proposals have stirred anxiety and charges that she is trying to evade the court order.

F.B.I. officials say the threats have often turned out to be uncorroborated and, at times, have stirred needless anxiety.

The move has stirred anxiety and puzzlement at the already troubled Sony studios.

As a result, the pending release of the final report has stirred further anxiety within the government.

Most people don't want to see a beggar, because the sight of him stirs guilt and anxiety and niggardliness and other negative feelings.

That polite response seemed to stir anxiety in the stock and credit markets, where prices plunged.

The title alone, "Death in Gaza," stirs anxiety.

But the changes in science plans have stirred anxiety among astronomers and members of Congress.