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They never showed any sign of stage-fright, were encouraged by United's shortcomings and refused to be cowed, culminating in the game's decisive moment courtesy of the substitute Glenn Murray's header eight minutes into the first period of extra-time.
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace | Carling Cup match report 2011
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Newbury, “Effect of Oxprenolol on stage-fright in musicians,” Lancet 1977, 952–54.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Newbury, “Effect of Oxprenolol on stage-fright in musicians,” Lancet 1977, 952–54.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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That playlist saved me from paralysing stage-fright!
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Newbury, “Effect of Oxprenolol on stage-fright in musicians,” Lancet 1977, 952–54.
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Her stage-fright seems to have dissipated as well.
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Miraculously, I never again had stage-fright... or any kind of nervousness.
Reading Your Work Aloud Lauri 2009
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His comrades cheered him on, Mole coaxed and encouraged him, and the Rat went so far as to take him by the shoulders and shake him, but nothing could overcome his stage-fright.
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Do you enjoy it, or did you get stage-fright initially?
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Here are some stage-fright nightmares come true: At the 1991 Oscars, Madonna's hand trembled when she sang a torch song from the movie "Dick Tracy" Asked why, she said: "I had four minutes to be perfect and there were 3 billion people watching me on TV" At his first concert in Vienna's Musikfreunde hall in 1910, Pablo Casals was already nervous.
DROWNING ON DRY LAND 2008
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