Could it be because "Blood Brothers" gives a popular slant to what are, after all, national anxieties?

The rise of the Klan reflected national anxieties about the new immigrants and exacerbated those fears, scholars said.

What most of all animates our national anxiety, I think, is the fear that war will backfire.

Five people died in the attacks, which heightened national anxieties after the Sept 11 attacks.

It also includes more than a fair share of popular unrest over the failed economy and national anxiety over sagging morale.

Now it stands as a marker of national anxiety.

But the sense of national anxiety is growing.

Complicating the reassessment are lingering national anxieties about how great a role foreign cultures should play in a new China.

At the same time, it almost sounded as if he was trying to fan the ebbing flames of our national anxiety.

Joblessness is right up there with war and terror as an ingredient contributing to the high national anxiety.