Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...expected, the statement did no more than assure the nation that the government was functioning efficiently. Save for a much swaddled World Court entry, President Coolidge has accomplished little more than an effective working-out of the Republican back-to-normalcy platform. And the anxious denial of any partiality toward the League of Nations attempts to hedge away from the stand on the World Court. Yet the fact that the silent man of the White House found it necessary to reply to his enemies is significant...
...games played between the two teams, the Crimson has won two, and its opponents two. Both are anxious to win the rubber game. The Aggies have beaten the strong Springfield outfit 37 to 33, and Sprinfield overcame the Tufts five. The court game is a major sport for the visitors, and they are expected to put on a strong attack...
...Bismarck was extremely anxious that the text of the Treaty of Berlin should remain secret until the last possible moment. Months in advance De Blowitz had set to work to gain an ascendancy over one of the Iron Chancellor's secretaries. The secretary placed the information which De Blowitz desired in the lining of his own hat, and each day the rotund correspondent sought and found what he wanted in the dark checkroom of the restaurant at which he and the secretary dined-carefully apart. It is history that the Times secured a "beat" over every other newspaper...
...following the course of the inquiry with anxious interest and I am hopeful that the task of my commissioners will be lightened by ungrudging and single-hearted effort on the part of all concerned to find a solution for the problems of this great and vital industry." In conclusion a host of minor internal affairs were touched upon. These included the Wembley Exposition, the housing situation, the unemployment problem...
...original discovery, is said to cure an ordinary case in six months, a so-called "hopeless" case in a year and a half. But last week a couple of bailiffs threatened to take up their abode in the institute at Carouge. Dr. Spahlinger's creditors were getting anxious. Standing among his test, tubes and retorts, he turned a haggard face upon reporters: "My whole work of 17 years will fall to pieces in the near future unless financial aid is forthcoming...