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  • Unnerved by the explosion of drug trafficking in the region, Central American governments are petitioning the Obama administration for more funds to strengthen their police and social programs, saying current U.S. aid is insufficient.

    Central American leaders plead for more U.S. anti-drug help Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

  • Unnerved by the explosion of drug trafficking in the region, Central American governments are petitioning the Obama administration for more funds to strengthen their police and social programs, saying current U.S. aid is insufficient.

    Central American leaders plead for more U.S. anti-drug help Mary Beth Sheridan 2010

  • More Mr. X: Next-generation leading man Michael Fassbender takes a fashionably rebellious turn as this summer's dashing antihero Jennifer Lawrence: Unnerved by Taste of Fame Speakeasy: Michael Fassbender, Supervillain With a Sensitive Side That's the fun of prequels, of course—getting to see who everyone was way back when.

    Surprise: A Newly Exhilarating 'X-Men' Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Unnerved by the silence, Walt aimlessly rambles off reasons why Gus should spare him and Jesse.

    Top Moments: Jimmy and JT Do a Rap Redux and Breaking Bad Gets Cutthroat 2011

  • Unnerved, she sometimes called her husband, Sam Tao, at work, held up the phone and said, 'Listen, he's playing again.'

    Raising an Accidental Prodigy Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • Unnerved traders frantically searched for an explanation, scouring the trade blotters for clues to the cause.

    Market Plunge Baffles Wall Street 2010

  • Unnerved by the morbid engineering reports, banks in New York and Boston were bailing out.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Unnerved by the narrowness of their escape, the survivors were unanimous in asserting that, as John Page noted in his diary, they had been given “no warning ... and no chance to get cover.”

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • Unnerved, I scampered home, locking the front door behind me.

    Poor, Dead Hamilton 2010

  • Unnerved, Hailey leaps up in the air and lands on a carpeted red splotch, a good foot from where she just had been.

    Monster 2010

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