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Word: anxious (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...just one of the guys who likes to play lacrosse, I feel that your recent criticism of the Harvard lacrosse team was unfair, uninformed, and discouraging. Unfair to my teammates, only four of whom ever played lacrosse before,--yet who come out a afternoons, at least anxious to learn, and to play on a Harvard team during their short stay here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 6/1/1945 | See Source »

...Welcome a French fighting force in the Pacific war (the French have long been anxious to take part in the recovery of French Indo-China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Policy in the Making | 5/28/1945 | See Source »

...gone, and although there were no Pirnies or Garlands or McKinnons around to set records for the Crimson, there was plenty of spirit to spare, especially in the final meet last Saturday. Summarizing this win (Harvard 60, Brown 4911/2, Tufts 441/2) Coach Mikkola commented yesterday, "They were really anxious to do well and there is no question that they showed as much spirit as some peacetime squads; although for many of them it was their first taste of competition in a big track meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last Minute Blitzkrieg Nails Bruins, Jumbos, 60-49-44 | 5/22/1945 | See Source »

...Pastor Niem&2461ler is anxious to get back to work. He is certain that the church holds Germany's only hope for the future: "Our people now know that all false idealisms are worthless. . . . There is only one way in the future. . . . It is a tremendous challenge both to Catholicism and Protestantism not to let our people down at this moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The German Hitler Feared | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...husky 'Cliffe dwellers, determined to show that women are still forces to be reckoned with, are slated to oppose an over-anxious and over-confident Harvard crew, which promises to give the girls a shellacking so hearty that they'll go crying home to momma...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'CLIFFE CREW TO FIGHT FOR FEMALE'S FREEDOM | 5/18/1945 | See Source »

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