Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...because of the fact that John A. Totman and Norman P. Dare "cannot," in the interest of sound journalism, subscribe to or recommend TIME for subscription" (Nov. 30 issue), that I feel not only willing but anxious to recommend your journal...
...Senate comes up for reelection. They are senators who were elected in 1920, a Republican landslide year. There is no prospect of electing Republican Senators in any states where Republicans were not elected in 1920. Faced with the likelihood of losing several seats, the regular Republicans are anxious to preserve as many of their number as possible-and one of these is Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. Lenroot is a regular and it is pretty well agreed that he cannot be elected if young Bob opposes him. Hence the overtures to young Mr. LaFollette...
...prepared a suggested statement for her confined to facts within Mrs. Lansdowne's knowledge, so that it would not be necessary to question her. Said Captain Foley, "My concern was for the widow of the man I had taught at the Naval Academy. I was most anxious to have her appear in a dignified position before the Court...
Naturally, since Britain had quite literally the upper hand of the seas during the War, she was far more anxious to keep the secrets of the M-1 class of submarine out of German hands than to reap a slight advantage from employing "monitor subs" herself...
Echoes of Mr. Barkis' famed remark* were heard last week, when citizens of Yarmouth expressed themselves as not only willing but anxious to name one of their streets "Barkis Road" by way of tribute to famed author-journalist Charles Dickens...