Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...anxious about fate of Commander Kuwajima. Breathing very difficult...
...future all shades and colors of opinion should be represented. Not one, they say, should be barred from speaking on account of radical views. Nearing stirred up considerable interest and enthusiasm in an address at Dartmouth which they contend, is ample proof that undergraduates here as well are anxious to hear what this leading socialist has to say. has not been announced, but it will consist of two members of the Governing Board, two from the Undergraduate Committee of the Union, two from the Faculty, the President or one member of the Student Council, and the undergraduate vice-president...
Every indication, however, points to a practice game this afternoon, if the weather predictions hold true. Coach Slattery is very anxious to see the sets of infields that he has been using lately in action. The first team infield this afternoon will probably be composed of: Campbell, McGlone, Jenkins and Slayton, with Field, Bullard Keene and Mann as the alternate combination. These two groups have been working together lately and are the likely choice for this afternoon's practice game, unless Hill and Hammond who have been practicing for several days now, are in condition to break into the line...
...story of a Norwegian of many aliases, a strange lad who wanders through the countryside impersonating now a preacher, now a young actor, now a decrepit bank messenger-a "long procession of persons, created by himself, and every one of them fleeing before the police." Sometimes he grew anxious for their safety. And the reader assuredly grows dizzy. Bojer has a graphic, stark style, a trick of creating atmosphere in a single sentence...
Dean Briggs was a "fan"--at least in baseball. Of the practical side of athletic management he pretended to no experience. His committee was composed of two other Deans whose experience was less than his, although they were most anxious to learn and to be helpful; of three distinguished graduates whose mature judgment and practical experience were invaluable, but who were not very sympathetic to the criticism of competitive athletics as such; and of three undergraduates of whom it is enough to say that they represented the undergraduate point of view...