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5818) in The Prologe of the Wyf of Bathe , in which that harried dame asks:
Here along this road, on the afternoon of 19 April 1775, the patriots harried the retreating British.
And so we consigned many of the needy to care that would be flattered to be called second-class: to the "Medicaid Mills" or to poorly trained solo practitioners or to wait in long lines at hospital emergency rooms till the harried staff can find time to treat their kids' runny noses.
More often than not, the harried man walking briskly along the street while taking his call — often waving an arm in animated fashion — has a business empire of restaurants, car-rental agencies, ticket offices, and studio apartments to manage.
Forget every Sunday-newspaper trend story you've ever read about gentrification, or about harried metropolitans fleeing to small towns, or about good-hearted buppies returning to the 'hood.