Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tiger" Clemenceau, meanwhile, refused to be hurried back to make his bow on the political stage. He was reported as anxious to make sure that there was a real need for him before he would consent to emerge from the Green Room of retirement...
...Class of 1924 who are not interested in seeing the University survive for the use of posterity either to hide themselves in the stacks of Widener or to erect a noble edifice of sophistical arguments with which to dismay the finance committee. The others, who may be anxious to have a safe refuge for their descendants or who may be influenced by some base motives such as pride, or gratitude will thank the gods that for once a Harvard class has adopted an endowment fund policy which permits almost everybody to help out in the twenty-fifth anniversary gift...
Just now the American steel business has staged a thoroughly remarkable "come-back." Orders pile up, prices are firm, extra dividends are the order of the day, earnings are increasing. Nevertheless, some American steel leaders are casting anxious eyes towards Europe. Schwab is in Germany. Gary has departed for South America. To students of the industry, aware of bad conditions in the export trade, these facts are not without significance...
...fairly certain conditions have become apparent. The flight of capital from abroad is stopping, as the slump in our security market shows. Moreover, the European situation is slowly turning brighter. Germany is acting more anxious to pay at least some reparations. France is less threatening and more conciliatory. England is becoming used to her new "Labour" government. Trade with Russia is in prospect...
...shot to advantage throughout the match. He rarely took an extra step but conserved his energy as far as possible. His long arms and lanky body seemed to reach all over the court and he had little trouble in producing his score. Powers, on the other hand, was over-anxious, but was particularly clever in scooping up the low bounces...