Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week President Sanford, anxious to take over his own new duties, expected to set Dr. Caldwell in the president's chair without waiting for ceremonies...
...also anxious to know where I can get a copy of Mrs. Roosevelt's statement: ''Every Mother Should Teach Her Daughter How to Hold a Cocktail." I can't quite see just what she means by ''hold a cocktail." Is it a test for nervousness to hold a cocktail without shaking? Will you please tell me where I can find the article saying "How to run a home on 15 minutes a day." Surely this must be an error, for I spend about three hours, while I'm home, caring for my home...
...country except Lithuania" month and a half ago. In the new treaty all European countries east of Germany except Lithuania are made eligible and urged to sign. Scratch their heads as they would this week, most neutral European statesmen could see no reason why Germany should not be anxious to sign, unless she in fact is harboring aggressive designs...
...Moines that day to see the 26th annual Drake Relays The sky was dark and a chill April wind whistling past the microphones moaned like muted Bronx cheers through the amplifiers. Gone was Milo Reno's oldtime fire. He read his speech in a hurried monotone, anxious to get through before Huey Long's arrival distracted everyone's attention. Then Huey Long drove up with twelve policemen as his bodyguard and stopped to buy a bag of peanuts at the gate. The band struck up "Every Man a King," and Huey, entering with a Bible...
...compelled me to dash with elan through a yellow light, which happiness the officers did not seem to share. In reply to their greeting inquiry as to whether I wanted to pay a hundred dollar fine, I parried that I had but two dollars and was not over anxious to part with them...