Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Army became peeved at the cut in their appropriations, and the rich planters, who suffered most from the hated income tax, became the President's intractable enemies, the more so since he was also a vigorous opponent of peonage (system of quasi-feudalism) which they were anxious to have recognized...
...pyramid Kalinin received it and it found its way to a deputation of Moscow workers waiting to receive it. Then there were a number of speeches followed by an awkward skit on recognition of Russia, which attempted to show, not without much buffoonery, how anxious the foreign Powers were to accord recognition...
With the Chinese Government willing, but unable, to hand over the Legation, the Soviet Government anxious to take possession of the building and the Diplomats hostile to both parties, an obstacle was created proportionate to the size of the Great Wall...
...reported rush of emigrants from Japan who are trying to enter the U. S. before July 1 (date when new Immigration Law becomes effective). The statement read in part: "Most of the applicants for passage to the United States are persons who have been visiting in Japan and are anxious to return now to the United States in order to avoid any question as to their status as returning immigrants under the changed regulations which come into force July...
...consequent feeling of depression was evident in the closing hours. The Democrats .strove to shift the burden of disfavor upon the Republican Congress. The Republican members were eager to lay any failure to obstruction by Democrats and insurgents. Both were anxious to put blame on the Administration, which retained an unaccountable popularity, playing a cautious, silent game at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue...