Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...woman who can keep herself, almost, beyond pity or fear. Giorgio's suicide was truly satisfying to her. Now she is quite happy with Carlo Ferro, the hirsute Sicilian actor. His domination keeps her strong against remorse for Giorgio. She is sufficiently in love to be anxious for Carlo's safety in a scene where he is to kill a charging tiger, a very real beast the company has obtained because it was too dangerous for the park at Rome. She insists on precautions...
...Senator Heflin's prolific bile on his stale subject of Roman Catholic conspiracy to control U. S. politics. Said Mr. Heflin: "A Catholic bullet brought Roosevelt down. If I am murdered, many "Catholic priests will pay the penalty. But I have suggested a course to carry on ... I am anxious to see how much notice the press will give...
...This running on board tracks is bad," said Wide, "it is too hard and the corners are difficult. I am anxious to get on the cinders and get back in shape...
Royal S. Copeland is the only doctor* in the Senate. One day last week he was urgently summoned. His black hair waving, he ran down to the barber shop. There, anxious barbers stood about a chair. In the chair he found his Democratic friend, Senator Andrieus Aristieus Jones of New Mexico, white and immobile. "An attack" spluttered a barber. Seeing no couch in the shop, Doctor-Senator Copeland told the barbers to lay Senator Jones on the floor. He despatched the bootblack for whiskey and had a barber telephone for Rear Admiral Grayson.* The bootblack quickly returned with several containers...
...ignorant, howl of a conceited puppy was heard on the Pacific Coast last week. The Los Angeles Times, anxious to inspire its readers, produced the following by way of an editorial...