Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Silent Eyewitnesses. Boston firemen and doctors began arriving on the scene a few minutes after the explosion. As night fell, anxious families crowded against police lines, and litter bearers continued to bring charred bodies down the gangway...
...prosperous Seoul businessmen are already riding around in new Buicks and Studebakers. Moreover, President Syngman Rhee, anxious for international prestige, has splendiferous plans for an international airline, an ocean-going merchant marine, and several luxury hotels. In a nation which pays its ministers $170 a month and where the average suit costs $125, corruption may siphon off some of the aid funds...
...project that is near completion, however, is a redecoration of the President's House. Especially pleased with the attractive blue and gold wallpaper in the huge three-story entrance hall, Mrs. Pusey admits to a few anxious moments. "Had it been a mistake, it would have been a mistake on a grand scale," she explains...
...Keyes, who reacted with shocked surprise. He deplored McLeod's "excessive zeal," and added that "we do not approve of [this] kind of coercion." McLeod refused to explain personally to the press, but sent word through a spokesman that no coercion was intended: he was just so anxious to make a 100% showing that he wanted to see all noncontributors and "lend them a dollar" if necessary. This week bureau employees, fully aware of McLeod's zeal in firing department personnel, were well on their way to a 100% showing...
...examine in common the problems concerning France and Germany . . ." Specifically, that meant the knotty Saar question. How long would that take? Laniel did not know-but it was pertinent that both he and Bidault are candidates to succeed President Vincent Auriol, whose term ends this year. Neither man is anxious to stake his candidacy on EDC, and the betting is that both will keep quiet about it until the election is decided...