Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mistake to imagine, however, that the British people in any way fear the Labor Party which now contains some of the best brains in Britain. Those who are violently opposed to the policies for which Labor stands are only too anxious that the Party should be called to power in order that their policies can be exposed as fallacious and the whole Labor movement condemned. More moderate people among the Conservatives and Liberals believe that it is only by letting the Laborites have power that the radical tendencies of the Party can be cured...
...cost of living. It is thus hoped that, by facing the situation squarely, and by warning the men that, although individual hardships cannot be avoided, the remedial measures are for the general good, the financial and economic problems of the country can be solved. Naturally the Government was riot anxious to increase unemployment during the severity of a Russian winter, but in taking measures to do so, they showed both confidence in the workers and courage in their own convictions...
After reading your message to Congress, the Soviet Government, sincerely anxious to establish at last firm friendship with the people and Government of the United States, informs you of its complete readiness to discuss with your Government all problems mentioned in your message, these negotiations being based on the principle of mutual non-intervention in internal affairs. The Soviet Government will continue wholeheartedly to adhere to this principle, expecting the same attitude from the American Government...
...conferences for young men to interest them in the ministry; we hear of the lack of young clergymen of high ability--and is it surprising? A young college student, used to independent thinking, eager for the truth, and anxious to enter the church, cannot be blamed for being somewhat discouraged by an altitude of opposition to all original effort and enterprise. If the young people of today lack religion,--and it has been the fashion for their elders to say so frequently particularly since the war; is it heresy to suggest that it is the church which lacks life rather...
When some eminent statistician first compiled the figures which showed that scholastic success was a continuous process from school and college to professional school and life, he thought, perhaps, that he had solved his problem. No longer would it be necessary for anxious parents and eminent educators to exhort the youth of the land to earnest study. The figures were plain to behold. The stern portals of Phi Beta Kappa would surely now be thronged by a host of eager applicants...