Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were no recorded conversations of other luminaries, but none seemed anxious to talk. Said a secretary for Supreme Court Justice S. Samuel DiFalco: "Quote -no comment-unquote." Said Special Sessions Judge Joseph Loscalzo: "No comment, comma, no comment." Blandest of all was Borough President Rogers. He had developed a real enthusiasm for the Salvation Army. He added: "I am not interested in or have any comment to make on the personalities involved...
...Richard Hoffmann, a prominent Park Avenue psychiatrist, furnished an explanation of sorts. When Frank came to him three years ago, he didn't sleep so well: his mind was troubled. He suffered from a sense of "frustrated superiority"-socially, that is. Frankie was anxious to meet the better people-"and nothing but the better," said Frankie...
...A.A.C.'s two strongest teams, the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers, were supposed to be anxious to bolt and join the old league. Three other A.A.C. teams, having lost close to $500,000 among them last season, were counted ready to quit. Then burly Ben Lindheimer, part owner of the A.A.C.'s Los Angeles Dons, took over. Argued Lindheimer: "People are crazy when they say professional football has reached the saturation point." He insisted that there was plenty of room for two pro leagues...
Retort Prosaic. A reserved man, full of the knowledge that any Washington official has to dodge his share of flying tomahawks, Forrestal made little effort to counter the attacks. Goaded, he finally prepared a long, prosaic letter to send Congressmen who received anxious and puzzled inquiries from radio listeners...
...Republican interregnum, turned up again at the head of congressional committee tables. Veterans of the early New Deal, like West Virginia's demagogic Matt Neely, 74, unpacked in Washington, back from political exile. As in the old New Deal days, congressional corridors were crowded with eager Democratic freshmen, anxious to get their first speeches off their chests...